Stone Blind
08 June 2023Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023.
In Stone Blind, the instant Sunday Times bestseller, Natalie Haynes brings the infamous Medusa to life as you have never seen her before.
'Witty, gripping, ruthless' – Margaret Atwood via Twitter
‘So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, our strength. They fear us, so they call us monsters’
Medusa is the sole...
Details
08 June 2023384 pages
9781529061512Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Witty, gripping, ruthlessMargaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale, via Twitter
Beautiful and movingNeil Gaiman, author of American Gods, via Twitter
The rollicking narrative voice that energises Stone Blind . . . is a voice that feels at once bitingly (post)modern and filled with old wisdomThe Observer
Stone Blind is an 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 achievementElodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den trilogy
