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.
Possessed of the enduring truths so treasured in the classics, and yet with a thoroughly contemporary spin, her Medeais a stunningly perceptive and probingly honest work of fiction.".
Long a sharp-eyed political observer, Christa Wolf transforms this ancient tale into a startlingly relevant commentary on our times.
Then abandoned by Jason and made a public scapegoat, she is reviled as a witch and a murderess.
Unwilling to ignore the horrifying truth about the state, she becomes a threat to the king and his ruthless advisors.
He is welcomed, but she is branded the outsider and then she discovers the appalling secret behind the king\'s claim to power.
Medea, driven by her conscience to leave her corrupt homeland, arrives in Corinth with her husband, the hero Jason.
In her gripping new novel, Christa Wolf expands this myth, revealing a fiercely independent woman ensnared in a brutal political battle.
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
