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The shadow of Perseus : a novel
- Title
- The shadow of Perseus : a novel / Claire Heywood.
- Author
- Heywood, Claire
- Publication
- [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]
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Details
- Description
- 288 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Nationally bestselling author of Daughters of Sparta Claire Heywood returns with an imaginative and female-centered reinterpretation of the myth of the great hero Perseus, told through the voices of three women who are sidelined in the traditional version - his mother Danae, his trophy Medusa, and his wife Andromeda - but whose viewpoints reveal a man who is not, in fact, a hero at all"--
- Banished from her homeland thanks to a prophecy foretelling that her unborn child will one day cause the death of her father, the king of Argos, Danae finds herself stranded, pregnant, and alone in a remote fishing village-- forging a new life for her young son Perseus will be the hardest thing she has ever done. As a member of the Gorgons, a reclusive band of women who live deep in the woods, Medusa eschews contact with the outside world- until the day she finds an injured boy named Perseus in the forest. When her nomadic desert tribe's way of life is threatened, Andromeda knows that a sacrifice will be required to appease the gods-- until Perseus interferes and sets her life on a new path.As Perseus casts a shadow of violence and destruction across all three women's lives, reclaiming their voices is their only hope for lifting themselves into a better future. -- adapted from jacket
- Subject
- Perseus (Greek mythological character) > Fiction
- Danaë (Greek mythological character) > Fiction
- Medusa (Gorgon) > Fiction
- Andromeda, Princess, daughter of Cepheus, King of Ethiopia (Mythological character) > Fiction
- Perseus (Greek mythological character)
- Medusa (Gorgon)
- Medusa
- Andromeda, Princess, daughter of Cepheus, King of Ethiopia (Mythological character)
- Colección Dánae
- Cadernos Andrómeda
- Mythology, Greek > Fiction
- Heroes > Fiction
- Women > Fiction
- Fate and fatalism > Fiction
- Women
- Gender identity
- Mythology, Greek
- Heroes
- Fate and fatalism
- Genre/Form
- Novels.
- Mythological fiction.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Fiction.
- Note
- Place of publication from publisher's website.
- Call Number
- JFE 23-1480
- ISBN
- 9780593471555
- 0593471555
- LCCN
- 2022026327
- OCLC
- 1322367679
- Author
- Heywood, Claire, author.
- Title
- The shadow of Perseus : a novel / Claire Heywood.
- Publisher
- [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Other Form:
- Online version: Heywood, Claire. Shadow of Perseus New York : Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC, 2023 9780593471562 (DLC) 2022026328
- Research Call Number
- JFE 23-1480