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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 Athenes temple, the goddess is enraged.
Furious by the violation of her sacred space, Athene takes revengeon the young woman. Punished for Poseidons 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 womaninjured by a powerful manis blamed, punished, and monstered for the assault.
Delving into the origins of this mythic tale, Haynes revitalizes and reconstructs Medusas story with her passion and fierce wit, offering a timely retelling of this classic myth that speaks to us today.
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