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  1. Anne Carson _ Autobiography of Red

    He came after Homer and before Gertrude Stein, a difficult interval for a poet.
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  2. Anne Carson _ Autobiography of Red

    He felt Herakles' hand move on his thigh and Geryon's head went back like a poppy in a breeze --
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  3. Anne Carson _ Autobiography of Red

    Pass down an alley then turn a corner and there it is. Volcano in a wall.Do you see that, says Ancash.Beautiful, Herakles breathes out. He is looking at the men.I mean the fire, says Ancash.Herakles grins in the dark. Ancash watches the flames.We are amazing beings, Geryon is thinking. We are neighbors of fire.And now time is rushing towards them where they stand side by side with arms touching, immortality on their faces, night at their back.
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  4. Anne Carson _ Autobiography of Red

    A paste of blue cloud untangled itself on the red sky over the harbour.
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  5. Anne Carson _ Autobiography of Red

    Geryon closed his eyes and listened to engines vibrating deep in the moon-splashedcanals of his brain.
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  6. Anne Carson _ Autobiography of Red

    Forró volt a hang, mint egy szín belseje.
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  7. Anne Carson _ Autobiography of Red

    The instant of nature forming between them drained every drop from the walls of his life leaving behind just ghosts rustling like an old map."
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  8. Anne Carson _ Autobiography of Red

    Like the terrestrial crust of the earth / which is proportionately ten times thinner than an eggshell, the skin of the soul / is a miracle of mutual pressures.
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  9. Anne Carson _ Autobiography of Red

    Somehow Geryon made it to adolescence. Then he met Herakles and the kingdoms of his life all shifted down a few notches. ... Geryon was going into the Bus Depot one Friday night about three a.m. to get change to call home. Herakles stepped oof the bus from New Mexico and Geryon came fast around the corner of the platform and there it was one of those moments that is the opposite of blindness. The world poured back and forth between their eyes once or twice.
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  10. Anne Carson _ Autobiography of Red

    A gust of night pushed its way in the doorand everyone inside wavered once like stalks in a field then resumed their talk."
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  11. Anne Carson _ Autobiography of Red

    Do you have change for a dollar? Geryon heard Geryon say. No. Herakles stared straight at Geryon. But I'll give you a quarter for free. Why would you do that? I believe in being gracious. Some hours later they were down at the railroad tracks standing close together by the switch lights. The huge night moved overhead scattering drops of itself. You're cold, said Herakles suddenly, your hands are cold. Here. He put Geryon's hands inside his shirt.
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  12. Anne Carson _ Autobiography of Red

    Aztán megindult feléjük az idő, ahogy karjukkal egymáshoz simulva álltak, arcukon a halhatatlanság, hátukban az éjszaka.
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