{"product_id":"stone-blind-by-natalie-haynes-paperback","title":"Stone Blind - by Natalie Haynes (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Synopsis \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories.\"--\u003cem\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/em\u003e(UK)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe national bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Ships \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePandora's Jar \u003c\/em\u003ereturns with a fresh and stunningly perceptive take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered woman.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey will fear you and flee you and call you a monster. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eStone Blind\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beautiful and moving.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Witty, gripping, ruthless.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eAn exceptionally powerful retelling of Medusa's story, an emotional gut punch of a novel. Haynes brilliantly pulls off the feat of seamlessly alternating humour and heartbreak, creating characters that stay with you long after the novel's end. It is a dazzling achievement.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eElodie Harper, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wolf Den \u003c\/em\u003etrilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Feels at once bitingly (post)modern and filled with old wisdom . . . \u003cem\u003eStone Blind \u003c\/em\u003eacts as a brilliant and compellingly readable corrective.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This dynamic retelling of a well-known myth encourages the reader to consider how legends reflect society's beliefs, and how they are shaped by tellers.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The rollicking narrative voice that energises \u003cem\u003eStone Blind . . . \u003c\/em\u003eis a voice that feels at once bitingly (post)modern and filled with old wisdom . . . The Gorgon's head will take on a new and powerful resonance as a symbol of the way stories can be warped by time. \u003cem\u003eStone Blind \u003c\/em\u003eacts as a brilliant and compellingly readable corrective.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With this, her third novel based on ancient myth, [Haynes] has found a way of using all her classical erudition and her vivid sense of the ambiguous potency of the ancient stories, while being simultaneously very, very funny.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fierce feminist exploration of female rage, written with wit and empathy. Haynes makes the classics brutally relevant, and we reckon this one is going to be huge.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlamour\u003c\/em\u003e (UK)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is no exaggeration to say that Haynes is the modern embodiment of the best of Homer. She is a proper, classic storyteller, whose linguistic skills and wit will have you hanging on every word.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eRadio Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Stone Blind\u003c\/em\u003e is inventive and playful . . . [and] very funny.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eAntonia Senior, \u003cem\u003eThe Times \u003c\/em\u003e(UK)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Pat Barker, Margaret Atwood and Madeline Miller have all successfully picked at the seams of the traditionally male take on these fantastic tales. But Natalie Haynes's genius, this time with \u003cem\u003eStone Blind\u003c\/em\u003e, her third Greek myth novel, is to not just focus on the female experience of Greek myth but also to add zest, humour and more than a little mischief . . . The ride is gripping, funny and heartbreaking. Love, sorrow, adventure and humour - \u003cem\u003eStone Blind \u003c\/em\u003ehas it all.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eMetro (UK)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What makes a monster is the central question in Natalie Haynes' wry, spry feminist take on the Medusa myth . . . an earthy, playful yet rage-filled upending of the Greek hero trope.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eMail Online\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With wit, humanity and extraordinary imagination, Haynes breathes life and meaning into myths as she has done so brilliantly before (most famously with \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Ships\u003c\/em\u003e). She also shows that monsters can be divine or mortal. Not all heroes wear capes - and not all villains have snakes.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eThe i\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Haynes' clever, empathetic writing transforms Medusa from Gorgon into a girl, who's a victim of the cruel machinations of the gods and of circumstance.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eSarra Manning, \u003cem\u003eRed Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Natalie Haynes has made a contemporary classic out of a classic . . . and it should win prizes.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eMonique Roffey, author of\u003cem\u003e The Mermaid of Black Conch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There's real tenderness in Haynes's portrait of Medusa, a mortal abomination born into a family of divinities, and the efforts of her immortal Gorgon sisters to protect her from herself.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eDaisy Dunn, \u003cem\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Haynes is [a] master of her trade . . . 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Fans of feminist retellings will love this.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeminist retellings of Greek myths are all the rage, and Haynes . . . stands among the foremost authors in this area. [This] novel melds her classics expertise . . . with a conversational style and biting humor. . . . This tale evokes passionate fury on behalf of its heroine, a tragic victim of male violence. Her death scene is utterly heartbreaking. 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