Bright Air Black

<p>In brilliant poetic prose <i>Bright Air Black</i> brings us aboard the ship Argo for its epic return journey across the Black Sea from Persia&#146;s Colchis &#150; where Medea flees her home and father with Jason the Argonauts and the Golden Fleece. Vann&#146;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&#146;s humanity her Bronze Age roots and position in Greek society her love affair with Jason and her tragic demise. <br><br>Atmospheric and spellbinding <i>Bright Air Black</i> is an indispensable fresh and provocative take on one of our earliest texts and the most intimate and corporal version of Medea&#146;s story ever told.</p>