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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| 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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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.
PRAISE FOR NATALIE HAYNES:
Stone Blind features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Fiction, Fiction: narrative themes, Audiobooks of the Month, Recommendations
Stone Blind is available in Paperback, Hardback, Audiobook
Stone Blind was written by Natalie Haynes and published by Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Stone Blind has 384 pages
£8.99
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.
