Sophocles. Translated by Anne Carson. Illustrated by Bianca Stone. 
 
New Directions: 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Square octavo. Near fine. 
 
When she wrote an open letter to her tragic protagonist Antigone, Ancient Greek extraordinaire Carson declared "the task of the translator [is] to forbid you to lose your screams." Open this book, with Bianca Stone's illustrations on tracing paper, through which you can see some of the disorienting and wrenching words (or turn the page to read the full text), to see Carson do the job. 
 
"Antigone: We begin in the dark and birth is the death of us 
Ismene: Who said that 
Antigone: Hegel 
Ismene: Sounds more like Beckett 
Antigone: He was paraphrasing Hegel
Ismene: I don't think so
Antigone: Whoever it was whoever we are dear sister ever since we were born the evils of Oidipous what bitterness pain disgust disgrace or moral shock have we been spared"