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STONE BLIND - NATALIE HAYNES KARTONIERT (TB)

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 "Haynes is master of her trade . . . She
succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories.?? Telegraph (UK) 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 Athene's temple  the goddess is enraged. Furious by the
violation of her sacred space  Athene takes revenge?on the young woman. Punished for Poseidon's
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 woman?injured by a powerful man?is blamed  punished  and monstered
for the assault. Delving into the origins of this mythic tale  Haynes revitalizes and
reconstructs Medusa's story with her passion and fierce wit  offering a timely retelling of
this classic myth that speaks to us today.

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