![]() 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. 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. ![]() Until Perseus embarks upon a quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon. ![]() She is condemned to a life of shadows and darkness. The power cannot be controlled: Medusa can look at nothing without destroying it. Writhing snakes replace her hair, and her gaze now turns any living creature to stone. 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. And her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. 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. Medusa is the sole mortal in a family of gods. ![]() ![]() ‘Witty, gripping, ruthless’ – Margaret Atwood via Twitter ‘Beautiful and moving’ – Neil Gaiman via Twitter ![]()
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