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product_id: 17317182
title: "Antigonick"
brand: "anne carson"
price: "$704"
currency: MXN
in_stock: false
reviews_count: 13
url: https://www.desertcart.mx/products/17317182-antigonick
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# Antigonick

**Brand:** anne carson
**Price:** $704
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

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- **What is this?** Antigonick by anne carson
- **How much does it cost?** $704 with free shipping
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## Description

Antigonick (New Directions Paperbook)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Simply Superb
  

*by K***L on Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2012*

Not so much a translation as an interpretation. This is probably not for someone who is unfamiliar with Antigone. It is a very stylistic, aphoristic retelling of the tale for a contemporary audience, done in a radical style. The daughter of Oedipus and his mother-wife, Jocasta, Antigone comes into life with some baggage.  When her brother Polynices declares war on Thebes, the city is defended by her other brother Eteocles.  Both die and their uncle Creon declares that Eteocles shall receive a proper burial, while Polynices, a traitor, must lie unburied, to be eaten by birds and dogs. But Antigone believes leaving her brother unburied is so utterly wrong that she must break the law to bury him and be condemned to death herself.The print is in the form of Carson's own handwriting, with little or no punctuation, giving the tale a frantic, nervous feel.  Bianca Stone's illustrations  are a surreal assortment of images, printed on transparent pages that overlay the text, and which relate only occasionally to what is happening in the text. The result is delightful mixture of wit and irony.  The characters of the play even comment on various interpretations that have been offered by Bertolt Brecht and G.W.F. Hegel. Carson is one of our literary treasures and this is Carson at her best.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Another success for Anne Carson
  

*by P***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2013*

Anne Carson really outdoes herself in her re-imagining of Sophocles' tragedy. The illustrations are bizarre, though some of them are very beautifully fitting. The formatting and typesetting is appropriate and there is a humor and playfulness (like a guest appearance in the dialogue by a certain Samuel Beckett) which makes the tragedy even more terrifying. She is one of our greatest living writers, and this is one of her great works.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Gorgeous book!
  

*by A***A on Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2012*

This is truly a gorgeous book. The text is handwritten, there are ink & watercolour illustrations on vellum between lots of the pages, and Carson's version of Antigone is more than readable. It is contemporary, at times funny, true to the spirit of the original text (as far as I can tell), and I really enjoyed it very much. I got the book for about 15 USD when it first came out (hardcover) and all I can say is, that's a great price for such a well-designed, elaborate book. Would make a great gift for any poetry lover in your circle of friends.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-18*