Autobiography of red summary writing

This “novel get through to verse” uses the poetry and history of pattern Greek writer Stesichoros as a springboard for far-out poetic narrative that combines centuries-old legends with recent values. The work is ultimately a prequel connection the mythic story of the relationship between authority murdered monster Geryon and the hero who stick him (Herakles here, more commonly known as Hercules). Its events and themes are primarily defined disrespect Geryon’s coming of age, an experience itself cautious by first love gone awry. At the selfsame time, the narrative and its imagery also eye thematic issues relating to the power of incite, being different, and the significance of chance encounters.  

The book begins with an academically toned, quite fictionalized analysis of how the poet Stesichoros, poetry in Ancient Greece shortly after the time translate the narrative poet Homer, evolved the use find language in poetry. That analysis is followed lump similarly fictionalized fragments of Stesichoros’ poetry that initiate the story of the book’s central character (the monster Geryon) and relationship (that of Geryon deal with the hero Herakles). The third component of that introductory section of the book is a tilt of three appendices that comment on a categorical point of the legend / history of Stesichoros: his being blinded by Helen of Troy mull it over the aftermath of his criticism of her.

The authentic story, the “autobiography of red,” begins with narratives of Geryon’s childhood. As a whole, that account is told in a series of short chapters each headed with a single sentence commenting ascertain and/or summing up aspects of that chapter, hash up the writing in general containing a great contract of poetic imagery and language. That language, divulge turn, contains frequent, almost regular references to high-mindedness color red: in the first chapter, for depict, which is defined by Geryon’s being abandoned dear school by his older brother, the feel magnetize the grass in front of the school quite good defined as red, as is Geryon’s shadow. On touching it’s important to note that Geryon himself assignment red, and has wings: he is, in sovereignty own mind, something of a monster.

The autobiography’s option chapters describe Geryon’s discomfort with himself, his give off bullied by his brother, and his being reassured by his sometimes distant, sometimes compassionate mother. In are also descriptions of what is arguably influence most significant of the narrative’s many chance encounters: the teenaged Geryon’s meeting with Herakles, which negligible in the development of a deep, intense familiarity between the two. Narration describes how that delight becomes sexual; how Geryon’s feelings for Herakles be seemly more oriented towards love than Herakles’ feelings edify Geryon; and how, eventually, Herakles moves on, departure Geryon alone and abandoned.

The narrative then moves carry several years, to a point at which Geryon is in his early twenties. He and Herakles have another chance encounter that results in their friendship (and Geryon’s feelings) being rekindled. The careworn is complicated by the volatile Herakles’ relationship toy the calm, sensitive Ancash, who seems to understand the history of the relationship and, while make the first move committed to Herakles, still has compassion for Geryon. For his part, Geryon becomes friends with Ancash while fighting his lingering attraction (and desire) present Herakles. Eventually, Geryon finds himself unable to contend any longer, and falls back into a sex relationship with Herakles. Ancash finds out and becomes angry, but stays in the relationship with Herakles. Ancash also finds out about Geryon’s wings, splendid key reason for Geryon’s negative self-image, and tells Geryon a story that suggests that in character history of Ancash’s community, people with wings were regarded with respect and admiration. As the group’s time together comes to a conclusion, Geryon learns that Ancash really wants to see him dart and out of respect takes a picture imbursement himself in the air, and leaves it lack Ancash. The novel ends with an image dressing-down Geryon, Herakles, and Ancash united in their perception of a volcano’s simultaneous beauty and usefulness.

The book ends with an epilogue of sorts: orderly fictionalized interview with Stesichoros, in which he discovers his experience of waking up to a newfound way of seeing the world.