H of H Playbook

I would usually wait a bit before posting my favorites of the year, however I started looking at my GR account & before I knew it I already had quite a few books that I wanted to include on my list for the year., I noticed a few posts of 22 of '22. I decided to post my 25 favorites of the year. Honorable mentions go to Nelly Sachs' “Flight & Metamorphosis,“ “Janet Malcolm's “In the Freud Archives,“ William Gresham's “Nightmare Alley“. Also, I am

vivastory currently halfway through the complete poetry of Emily Dickinson & toyed with including it on my list. I would be remiss if I didn't mention what a solace it has been & the impact it has had on me this year & I am certain that it will be on my best of '23 list. Here are my favorite books of the year. Picking an *absolute* favorite of the year is impossible, but the top contenders are: Moby-Dick, King Lear, Light in August, Pedro Paramo, FSG Poetry (edited) 1y

BarbaraBB Great collection. I took a screenshot. I just got the Ibsen, thanks to @CarolynM 1y

batsy This is a great list! I also took a screenshot and zoomed in 😁 Love to see Jaeggy and Keane... Two immensely intriguing writers! I loved The Employees and King Lear is magnificent. Gotta add a Tutuola or two and Moby Dick to next year's TBR. 1y

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Megabooks Screenshotted! Thanks Scott! 1y

vivastory @BarbaraBB What a thoughtful gift! I hope you find one you like 📚 1y

vivastory @batsy I have read a few books by Tutuola & this has by far been my favorite. If you do read MD I will be very interested to see what you think. I tackled it in segments of 75-80 pages per week & this made it very manageable, esp as the chapters are very brief (but so memorable) & as they often are alternating between focusing on different characters or w/ Melville digressing, I found that it really kept my attention. 1y

vivastory @Megabooks If you haven't read Alice Munro yet, I think you'd love her. I think that you'd also really dig Zorrie. (edited) 1y

Liz_M @batsy @vivastory 💙💙💙 Moby-dick 1y

Branwen Nice choices! 💕📚 I'm still trying to put together my lists of favorites! 😂 1y

vivastory @Branwen I'm looking forward to your lists📚📚📚📚 1y

Branwen @vivastory Awwww, YAY! That makes me feel special! Thank you, Scott! 💕 1y

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Lindy

H of H Playbook | Anne Carson

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The physical object is like a sketchbook full of bits of text pasted in plus bits of mostly abstract art. It‘s a retelling of an ancient play: Euripides‘ Herakles, translated rather loosely by the brilliant Anne Carson who incorporates scenes from today, from Chernobyl, from 1920s Russia and more. The tragedy comes through like a Minotaur through the heart. And still manages to end with some hope. #CanLit #poetry #multigenre

IndoorDame I loved this one! 2y

Lindy @IndoorDame Anne Carson is amazing 🤩 2y

IndoorDame @Lindy she really is! 2y

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Lindy

H of H Playbook | Anne Carson

Recent Reads… with puppets! #skodenreadathon #audiobooks #theatre #booktube #knitting
https://youtu.be/ERiY3LDFZNg

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Lindy

H of H Playbook | Anne Carson

you go read a novel by Jane
Austen — avoiding Mansfield Park whose inane
final paragraph tucks the death of Dr Grant inbetween
a newlywed hero and heroine.

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IndoorDame

H of H Playbook | Anne Carson

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This defies characterization. It‘s a poem, a play, a retelling, a translation, an art collection. Anne Carson has once again created something special and enduring. This is another library book that I‘m immediately ordering my own copy of. #BBRCAdultAnIndieBookByATraditionallyPublishedAuthor #Booked2022ThinkGreek @LibrarianRyan @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen

Cinfhen Sounds wonderful!!! 2y

LibrarianRyan Cool 2y

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vivastory

H of H Playbook | Anne Carson

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Carson's mixed media translation of Euripides' Herakles is a postmodernist spin on one of the most tragic stories of heroism from the ancient Greeks. Herakles of Hera, our titular character, has returned from a decade of the Labours. As H admits after enumerating the challenges he has faced, "the list of my Labours looks philanthropic for about the first half then begins drifting towards trophyism." Upon his return home he has to address ?

vivastory the trouble that his family has dealt with in his absence & once he has done so he is visited by the wrath of Hera. I read this play previously, years ago & it had always struck me as particularly memorable. It was wonderful reading it in Carson's translation, particularly in how she draws parallels between notions of heroism in ancient times & modern times. There's passages of striking poetic power which balances the illustrations & minor humor. 2y

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H of H Playbook | Anne Carson

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