Accessibility
The Barnes & Noble Holiday Gift Guide Find the Perfect Gift | Shop Now The Barnes & Noble Holiday Gift Guide Find the Perfect Gift | Shop Now
Add Item to wish listAdd Item to wish list

Glass, Irony and God

By Anne Carson
Paperback
$16.95
By Anne Carson
Promotion message icon

Premium Members save an extra 10% and all Members collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5.

Formats
In stock
This item is currently out of stock online.
Free standard shipping on orders over $60
Select a store to view item availability.
Notes From Your Bookseller

Anne Carson weaves personal experience with literary criticism in these narrative poems, reminiscing on love and loneliness.

WINNER OF THE 2026 NOBEL PRIZE

Anne Carson's poetry—characterized by various reviewers as "short talks," "essays," or "verse narratives"—combines the confessional and the critical in a voice all her own.

Known as a remarkable classicist, Anne Carson weaves contemporary and ancient poetic strands with stunning style in Glass, Irony and God. This collection includes: "The Glass Essay," a powerful poem about the end of a love affair, told in the context of Carson's reading of the Brontë sisters;...

Categories

AwardsPoetryCanadian PoetryNobel PrizesNobel Prize in Literature2026 Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate