David Vann Bright

Bright Air Black (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A "sensual, brutal... ambitious, dazzling, disturbing, and memorable" retelling of Jason and the Argonauts seen through the eyes of Medea ( Financial Times). International bestselling and multi-prize-winning author David Vann transports readers to the Mediterranean and Black Sea, 3,250 years ago, for "[a] stunning depiction of one of mythology's most complex characters" ( The Australian). It is thirteenth century BC, and the Argois bound for its epic return journey across the Black Sea from Persia's Colchis with the valiant Jason, the equally heroic Argonauts, and the treasured symbol of kingship, the Golden Fleece. Aboard as well is Medea, semi-divine priestess, and a believer in power, not gods. Having fled her father, and butchered her brother, she is embarking on a conquest of her own. Rejected for her gender, Medea is hungry for revenge, and to right the egregious fate of being born a woman in a world ruled by men. In Bright Air Black, "David Vann blow[s] away all the elegance and toga-clad politeness... around our idea of ancient Greece... to reveal the bare bones of the Archaic period in all their bloody, reeking nastiness ( The Times, London), and to deliver a bracing alternative to the long-held notions of Medea as monster or sorceress. We witness Medea's humanity, her Bronze Age roots and position in Greek society, her love affair with Jason, the cataclysmic repercussions of betrayal, and the drive of an impassioned woman-victim, survivor, and ultimately, agent of her own destiny. The most intimate and corporal version of Medea's story ever told, Bright Air Black "a compelling studyof human nature stripped to its most elemental" ( The Guardian).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Black Cat
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780802189639
• Artikelnr.: 45986148

Autorenporträt

Published in 20 languages, David Vann's internationally-bestselling books have won 15 prizes, including best foreign novel in France and Spain, and appeared on 75 Best Books of the Year lists in a dozen countries. A former Guggenheim fellow, he is currently a Professor at the University of Warwick in England and Honorary Professor at the University of Franche-Comté in France.

Rezensionen

This Medea is intelligent and cynical, slighted by a husband and her gender. She is a woman who craves revenge for the fate of being born a woman and thus rendered powerless in a world ruled by men. Magnificently gruesome ... Short poetic phrases pile up, fall away, stop short. Powerful internal rhythms build and subside, like the waves the Argonauts sail over ... A searing family drama set against a backdrop of untamed nature ... At the heart of this ambitious, dazzling, disturbing and memorable novel lies the uneasy juxtaposing of the wild and the civilised, and the complex, shifting relationship between the two. Financial Times