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Natalie Haynes - Stone Blind, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Stone Blind

Av Natalie Haynes

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Longlisted for the Women's Prize for FictionIn Stone Blind, the instant Sunday Times bestseller, Natalie Haynes brings the infamous Medusa to life as you have never seen her before.'Witty, gripping, ruthless' – Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale, via X (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.When Poseidon commits an unforgiveable act against Medusa in the temple of Athene, the goddess takes her revenge where she can: on his victim. Medusa is changed forever – writhing snakes for hair and her gaze now turns any living creature to stone. She can look at nothing without destroying it.Desperate to protect her beloved sisters, Medusa condemns herself to a life of shadows. Until Perseus embarks upon a quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon . . .‘A fierce feminist exploration of female rage, written with wit and empathy’ – Glamour
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2023-06-08
  • Mått: 132 x 199 x 24 mm
  • Vikt: 266 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 384
  • Förlag: Pan Macmillan
  • ISBN: 9781529061512
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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. Her non-fiction book about women in Greek Myth, Pandora’s Jar, was a New York Times Bestseller. She has written and performed eight series of her BBC Radio 4 show, Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics. She was awarded the Classical Association Prize for her work in bringing Classics to a wider audience. Stone Blind is her fourth novel.

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Witty, gripping, ruthless

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1 recensioner, genomsnitt 5/5

  1. 5/5 Mikaela L

    Detta var en fantastisk bok och Haynes är nu en ny favorit-författare. Väl skriven och en intressant struktur på boken med perspektiv från flera karaktärer. Har du även möjlighet att lyssna på boken, rekommenderar jag absolut det. Haynes läser den själv.

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