Haynes, Natalie creator author. text novel Fantasy fiction. Myth & legend told as fiction. Historical fiction enk 2023 monographic eng

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368 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm 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. / Natalie Haynes. Originally published: London: Mantle, 2022. (Gorgon) Medusa Fiction Greece BCE period - Protohistory Fantasy Myth & legend told as fiction Historical fiction PR6108.A9686 9781529061512 UKMGB 230224 20250321123214.0 9952867795505158 eng