Anne Carson
Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First edition. 1400043492 xi/245 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 8.75", is bound in mint green paper spine and boards, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. 
"In her first collection in five years, Anne Carson contemplates "decreation" -- an activity described by Simone Weil as "undoing the creature in us" -- an undoing of self. But how can we undo self without moving through self, to very inside of its definition? Where else can we start?
Anne Carson's "Decreation" starts with form -- the undoing of form. Form is various here: opera libretto, screenplay, poem, oratorio, essay, shot list, rapture. The undoing is tender, but tenderness can change everything, or so the author appears to believe."