The Beauty of the Husband

In the novel The Beauty of the Husband, Anne Carson experiments with a new form of writing. It’s a book-length poem that tells the story of one marriage over four decades. This experimental novel is written in 29 ‘tangos’, which are a type of poetry. These ‘tangos’ allow for an immediate and accessible voice to tell the reader about day-to-day life in this relationship. Because the style and format of this piece is so new, it will teach readers about something unlike anything they have read before.