02223cam a2200361 i 4500001001700000005001700017008004100034015001900075016001800094020002900112035002200141035004200163040007400205050001700279100003700296245003600333264003000369300004000399500004800439520091900487600003101406650002601437650004501463650002601508650004901534650003601583655002801619655004901647655003701696942000801733952010501741999001501846995286779550515820250321123214.0230224r20232022enka          000 f eng d  aGBC3696782bnb7 a0210156092Uk  a9781529061512qpaperback  a(OCoLC)1376270200  a(EXLNZ-01OCUL_NETWORK)994167760705151  aUKMGBbengerdacUKMGBdOCLCFdOCLCQdOCLCOdUKRFWdUKNYKdBARNSdQ2U 4aPR6108.A9686  aHaynes, Natalie,eauthor.92496110aStone blind c/ Natalie Haynes. 1aLondon :bPicador,c2023.  a368 pages :billustrations ;c20 cm  aOriginally published: London: Mantle, 2022.8 aGrowing 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. 0aMedusac(Gorgon)vFiction. 0aGreece.2thema924963 0aBCE period - Protohistory.2thema924964 0aFantasy2thema911322 0aMyth & legend told as fiction.2thema924965 0aHistorical fiction2thema97788 0aFantasy fiction.922510 0aMyth & legend told as fiction.2thema924966 0aHistorical fiction2thema922722  2lcc  00102lcc4070aTBSbTBSd2025-03-21l1oP-EN HAYpB05879r2025-11-14s2025-06-17t1w2025-03-21y1  c4556d4556