A “sensual, brutal . . . ambitious, dazzling, disturbing, and
memorable” retelling of Jason and the Argonauts seen through the
eyes of Medea (Financial Times). International bestselling and
multi-prize-winning author David Vann transports readers to the
Mediterranean and Black Sea, 3,250 years ago, for “[a] stunning
depiction of one of mythology’s most complex characters” (The
Australian). It is thirteenth century BC, and the Argo is bound
for its epic return journey across the Black Sea from Persia’s
Colchis with the valiant Jason, the equally heroic Argonauts, and the
treasured symbol of kingship, the Golden Fleece. Aboard as well is
Medea, semi-divine priestess, and a believer in power, not gods.
Having fled her father, and butchered her brother, she is embarking on
a conquest of her own. Rejected for her gender, Medea is hungry for
revenge, and to right the egregious fate of being born a woman in a
world ruled by men. In Bright Air Black, “David Vann blow[s] away
all the elegance and toga-clad politeness . . . around our idea of
ancient Greece . . . to reveal the bare bones of the Archaic period
in all their bloody, reeking nastiness (The Times, London), and to
deliver a bracing alternative to the long-held notions of Medea as
monster or sorceress. We witness Medea’s humanity, her Bronze Age
roots and position in Greek society, her love affair with Jason, the
cataclysmic repercussions of betrayal, and the drive of an impassioned
woman—victim, survivor, and ultimately, agent of her own destiny.
The most intimate and corporal version of Medea’s story ever told,
Bright Air Black “a compelling study of human nature stripped to
its most elemental” (The Guardian).
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ISBN
9780802189639
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Vendor
Black Cat (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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