Winning the Nobel prize in literature only underlines Anne Carson’s infinite genius | Yiyun Li

Filed by Vivien Star

When her sons died the Book of Goose author turned to Grief Lessons, Carson’s translation of four plays by Euripides. She reflects on the ‘life sustaining’ work of an extraordinary writer • Where to start with: Anne Carson• ‘Delights await!’: Margaret Atwood and other writers on Anne CarsonIt is preposterous to agree to write a short piece on Anne Carson’s work. The task is impossible, akin to that of solving the mathematical problem of dividing zero by zero. If one had the power to solve it, pe