Bright air black
First edition. First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
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Word Count
63,000 words, Guess
Page Count
252 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebrightairblack0000vann_n3l4
- ISBN-100802125808
- ISBN-139780802125804
- Library of Congress Control Number2016058367
- OCLC Control Number951760351
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780802125804
- Open LibraryOL27229966M
Classifications
- DDC813/.6
- LCCPS3622.A667 B75 2017
- LCCPS3622.A667B75 2017
Description
"Following the success of Aquarium which was a New York Times Editor's Choice and garnered numerous rave reviews, David Vann transports us to 13th century B.C. to give a nuanced and electric portrait of the life of one of ancient mythology's most fascinating and notorious women, Medea. In brilliant poetic prose Bright Air Black brings us aboard the ship Argo for its epic return journey across the Black Sea from Persia's Colchis--where Medea flees her home and father with Jason, the Argonauts, and the Golden Fleece. Vann's reimagining of this ancient tale offers a thrilling, realist alternative to the long held notions of Medea as monster or sorceress. We witness with dramatic urgency Medea's humanity, her Bronze Age roots and position in Greek society, her love affair with Jason, and her tragic demise. Atmospheric and spellbinding, Bright Air Black is an indispensable, fresh and provocative take on one of our earliest texts and the most intimate and corporal version of Medea's story ever told"--
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