02106cam a2200349 i 4500 9952867795505158 20250321123214.0 230224r20232022enka 000 f eng d GBC369678 bnb 021015609 Uk 9781529061512 paperback (OCoLC)1376270200 (EXLNZ-01OCUL_NETWORK)994167760705151 UKMGB eng rda UKMGB OCLCF OCLCQ OCLCO UKRFW UKNYK BARNS Q2U PR6108.A9686 Haynes, Natalie, author. 24961 Stone blind / Natalie Haynes. London : Picador, 2023. 368 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm Originally published: London: Mantle, 2022. Growing up with her sisters, Medusa quickly realises that she is the only one who gets older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When, in Athene's temple, desire pushes Poseidon to commit the unforgivable, Medusa's mortal life is changed forever. Athene, furious at the sacrilege committed, directs her revenge on Medusa. The punishment is that she is turned into a Gorgon: sharp teeth, snakes for hair, and a gaze that will turn any living creature to stone. Appalled by her own reflection, Medusa can no longer look upon anything she loves without destroying it. She condemns herself to a life of solitude in the shadows to limit her murderous range. That is, until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon. This is the story of how a young woman became a monster. And how she was never really a monster at all. Medusa (Gorgon) Fiction. Greece. thema 24963 BCE period - Protohistory. thema 24964 Fantasy thema 11322 Myth & legend told as fiction. thema 24965 Historical fiction thema 7788 Fantasy fiction. 22510 Myth & legend told as fiction. thema 24966 Historical fiction thema 22722 lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 TBS TBS 2025-03-21 1 P-EN HAY B05879 2025-11-14 2025-06-17 1 2025-03-21 1 4556 4556