| Bright Air Black Contributor(s): Vann, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802125808 ISBN-13: 9780802125804 Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2017 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Dystopian |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2016058367 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 4.9" W x 8.2" L (0.70 lbs) 288 pages |
| Features: Price on Product |
| Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/15/2016 pg. 61 Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2017 Publishers Weekly 01/23/2017 Library Journal 03/01/2017 pg. 80 Library Journal 10/15/2016 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A writer to read and reread."--The Economist 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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