Binding: Paperback
Description: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023" Haynes is master of her trade She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories. Telegraph (UK) The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar returns with a fresh and stunningly perceptive take on the story of Medusa the original monstered woman. They will fear you and flee you and call you a monster. The only mortal in a family of gods Medusa is the youngest of the Gorgon sisters. Unlike her siblings Medusa grows older experiences change feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When the sea god Poseidon assaults Medusa in Athene's temple the goddess is enraged. Furious by the violation of her sacred space Athene takes revenge on the young woman. Punished for Poseidon's actions Medusa is forever transformed. Writhing snakes replace her hair and her gaze will turn any living creature to stone. Cursed with the power to destroy all she loves with one look Medusa condemns herself to a life of solitude. Until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon In Stone Blind classicist and comedian Natalie Haynes turns our understanding of this legendary myth on its head bringing empathy and nuance to one of the earliest stories in which a woman injured by a powerful man is blamed punished and monstered for the assault. Delving into the origins of this mythic tale Haynes revitalizes and reconstructs Medusa's story with her passion and fierce wit offering a timely retelling of this classic myth that speaks to us today.
Title: Stone Blind A Novel
Author(s): Haynes Natalie
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063258402
Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/27/2024