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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Ich finde das Buch nicht so gut gelungen. Ich sehe natürlich, wie die verschiedenen Erzählfäden sich am Ende zu einer Geschichte verweben. Die unterschiedlichen Perspektiven sind interessant, ich fand aber die Abschnitte zu kurz, die Wechsel zu abrupt und verwirrend. ( ) I am in conflict with myself about what I feel for this book. On the one hand, it's good to have a cast of strong women largely taking hold of the action: an updated take on the story of Medusa and Perseus: he comes out of things pretty badly. On the other hand, though I was as a child brought up on the Greek myths and know them pretty well, there was such a cast of characters that I had to keep referring back to the dramatis personae to remind me of who was related to whom. And I wasn't keen on the slightly flippant tone in which the book was told. I also found that the book's habit of jumping from character to character as the story unfolded meant I didn't really get to know or care about any of them. I'd have liked a bit more focus on Medusa herself. She is after all Our Heroine. I like Haynes' re-interpretation of the Medusa myth quite a lot. I'm just not all that keen on the actual telling Gods damn! This book was infuriating. The beginning was a bit jumbled but once it found its footing, we flew. We flew right in to the shit show that is mythology. I absolutely ate up this point of view. I was the weird mom who wanted to hug and comfort the poor girl from The Ring and I felt just as much love for Medusa and the gorgons. I will keep other feelings to myself about elements in the story that drive much of the plot so there aren’t misinterpretations. I will never be able to watch Clash of the Titans again. Also, I’m so printing a resin tribute for the goddess who gave up and sacrificed so much. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 "Haynes is master of her trade . . . She succeeds in breathing warm life into some of our oldest stories."--Telegraph (UK) The national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships and Pandora's Jar returns with a fresh and stunningly perceptive take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered woman. They will fear you and flee you and call you a monster. The 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. When 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. Until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon . . . In Stone Blind, 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. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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