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STONE BLIND - NATALIE HAYNES KARTONIERT (TB)

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
only mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her sisters  she quickly realizes that she is
the only one who gets older  experiences change  feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her
an urgency that her family will never know. When the sea god  Poseidon  commits an unforgivable
act in her sacred temple the goddess  Athene  takes her revenge on an innocent - and Medusa's
life is changed forever. Appalled by her own reflection: snakes have replaced her hair and she
realises that her gaze can now turn any living creature to stone. Medusa can no longer look
upon anyone she loves without destroying them   and so condemns herself to a life lived in
shadow and solitude to limit her murderous rage. That is  until Perseus embarks upon a fateful
quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon . . .  This is the story of how a young woman became a
monster. And how she was never really a monster at all.  PRAISE FOR NATALIE HAYNES: ?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 ?Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds
in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories' Telegraph ?Haynes is the nation's
greatest muse' Adam Rutherford

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