{"product_id":"medea","title":"Medea","description":"Medea is among the most notorious women in the canon of Greek tragedy: a woman scorned who sacrifices her own children to her jealous rage. In her gripping new novel, Christa Wolf explodes this myth, revealing a fiercely independent woman ensnared in a brutal political battle.\n\nMedea, driven by her conscience to leave her corrupt homeland, arrives in Corinth with her husband, the hero Jason. He is welcomed, but she is branded the outsider-and then she discovers the appalling secret behind the king's claim to power. Unwilling to ignore the horrifying truth about the state, she becomes a threat to the king and his ruthless advisors; abandoned by Jason and made a public scapegoat, she is reviled as a witch and a murderess.\n\nLong a sharp-eyed political observer, Christa Wolf transforms this ancient tale into a startlingly relevant commentary on our times. Possessed of the enduring truths so treasured in the classics, and yet with a thoroughly contemporary spin, her Medea is a stunningly perceptive and probingly honest work of fiction.\n\nWith an Introduction by Margaret Atwood. Translated from the German by John Cullen.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0385490607\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: GBV.0385490607.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Wolf, Christa\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has corner edge dings and or scratches and signs of light wear. Pages have yellowing.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Good Books Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53874456527153,"sku":"GBV.0385490607.G","price":17.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0914\/3730\/2065\/files\/0385490607-0.jpg?v=1776713208","url":"https:\/\/goodbookscompany.org\/products\/medea","provider":"Good Books Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}