natalie haynes stone blind medusa's story

'Haynes combines a wide-ranging knowledge of the original myths with a gift for compelling narrative' - The Times her thoughtful portraits will linger with you long after the book is finished' - Madeline Miller 'With her trademark passion, wit, and fierce feminism. And how she was never really a monster at all. This is the story of how a young woman became a monster.

That is, until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon. 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. Appalled by her own reflection: snakes have replaced her hair and she realises that her gaze can now turn any living creature to stone. 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. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. Growing up with her sisters, she quickly realizes that she is the only one who gets older, experiences change, feels weakness. Medusa is the only mortal in a family of gods. 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. General | Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist

She wears her extensive learning lightly and deftly drags the Classics into the modern world' - Kate Atkinson 'Natalie Haynes is both a witty and an erudite guide.

Natalie haynes stone blind medusa's story