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Stone Blind Natalie Haynes

Stone Blind By Natalie Haynes

Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

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Natalie Haynes brings life to the infamous myth of Medusa with a feminist, heartbreaking retelling unlike any other . . .

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Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes

'Witty, gripping, ruthless' - Margaret Atwood via Twitter
'Beautiful and moving' - Neil Gaiman via Twitter

'So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, our strength. They fear us, so they call us monsters.'

Medusa is the sole mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her Gorgon sisters, she begins to realize that she is the only one who experiences change, the only one who can be hurt. And her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know.

When the sea god Poseidon commits an unforgivable act in the temple of Athene, the goddess takes her revenge where she can - and Medusa is changed forever. Writhing snakes replace her hair, and her gaze now turns any living creature to stone. The power cannot be controlled: Medusa can look at nothing without destroying it. She is condemned to a life of shadows and darkness.

Until Perseus embarks upon a quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon . . .

In Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes - the Women's Prize-shortlisted author of A Thousand Ships - brings the infamous Medusa to life as you have never seen her before . . .

PRAISE FOR NATALIE HAYNES:
'With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism... her thoughtful portraits will linger with you long after the book is finished' - Madeline Miller
'Haynes combines a wide-ranging knowledge of the original myths with a gift for compelling narrative' - The Times
'Natalie Haynes is both a witty and an erudite guide. She wears her extensive learning lightly and deftly drags the Classics into the modern world' - Kate Atkinson
'Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories' - Telegraph
'Haynes is the nation's greatest muse' - Adam Rutherford

Stone Blind Reviews

Witty, gripping, ruthless -- Margaret Atwood via Twitter
Beautiful and moving -- Neil Gaiman via Twitter
The rollicking narrative voice that energises Stone Blind . . . is a voice that feels at once bitingly (post)modern and filled with old wisdom . . . The Gorgon's head will take on a new and powerful resonance as a symbol of the way stories can be warped by time. Stone Blind acts as a brilliant and compellingly readable corrective. * The Observer *
Stone Blind is an exceptionally powerful retelling of Medusa's story, an emotional gut punch of a novel. Haynes brilliantly pulls off the feat of seamlessly alternating humour and heartbreak, creating characters that stay with you long after the novel's end. It is a dazzling achievement -- Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den trilogy
A fierce feminist exploration of female rage, written with wit and empathy. Haynes makes the classics brutally relevant, and we reckon this one is going to be huge * Glamour *
Haynes' clever, empathetic writing transforms Medusa from Gorgon into a girl, who's a victim of the cruel machinations of the gods and of circumstance -- Sarra Manning * Red Magazine *
There's real tenderness in Haynes's portrait of Medusa, a mortal abomination born into a family of divinities, and the efforts of her immortal Gorgon sisters to protect her from herself -- Daisy Dunn * The Spectator *
Haynes is [a] master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories * Telegraph *
Haynes is the nation's great muse -- Adam Rutherford * The Week *
A gripping, feminist masterpiece -- Deborah Frances-White (The Guilty Feminist) on A Thousand Ships
Natalie Haynes is swiftly becoming this generation's Mary Renault * Observer *
With her trademark passion, wit and fierce feminism, Haynes gives much-needed voice to the silenced women of the Trojan War. Her thoughtful portraits will linger with you long after the book is finished -- Madeline Miller on A Thousand Ships
Haynes is a rock-star mythologist -- Washington Post on A Thousand Ships

About Natalie Haynes

Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She is the author of The Amber Fury, The Children of Jocasta, and A Thousand Ships, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2020. Her non-fiction book about women in Greek Myth, Pandora's Jar, was a New York Times Bestseller in 2022. She has written and performed eight series of her BBC Radio 4 show, Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics. In 2015 she was awarded the Classical Association Prize for her work in bringing Classics to a wider audience. Stone Blind is her fourth novel.

Additional information

GOR012623967
9781529061475
1529061474
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
Natalie Haynes
Used - Like New
Hardback
Pan Macmillan
2022-09-15
384
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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