Stone Blind Synopsis
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
'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.
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About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781529061512 |
| Publication date: |
8th June 2023 |
| Author: |
Natalie Haynes |
| Publisher: |
Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
384 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Historical Fiction
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Natalie Haynes Press Reviews
'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
'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
'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
'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, broadcaster, reviewer and classicist. She was once a stand-up comic, but retired when she realised she preferred tragedy to comedy. Always keen to be paid for what she would be reading anyway, she judged the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2010, The Women's Prize for Fiction in 2012, and the Man Booker Prize in 2013. The Amber Fury is her first novel.
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