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 Argo...

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...