{"product_id":"medea-9780385518574","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 expands this myth, revealing a fiercely independent woman ensnared in a brutal political battle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMedea, 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. Then abandoned by Jason and made a public scapegoat, she is reviled as a witch and a murderess. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong 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 \u003ci\u003eMedea\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunningly perceptive and probingly honest work of fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christa Wolf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nan A. Talese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385518574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChrista Wolf\u003c\/b\u003e was a famed writer and literary critic of the former East Germany. She studied at the University of Jena and the University of Leipzig and worked as an editor until the 1963 publication of her first novel, \u003ci\u003eDivided Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, which marked the beginning of her career as a writer. Her works, which reflect the ideological and political turmoil of living in a Nazi- and later communist-controlled Germany, include \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for Christa T., Medea, Patterns of Childhood, No Place on Earth, \u003c\/i\u003e and the contentious novella \u003ci\u003eWhat Remains\u003c\/i\u003e. Despite a career fraught with controversy, she was the recipient of many prizes both before and after the war, including the Heinrich Mann Prize, Georg Büchner Prize, Elisabeth Langgässer Prize, and the first Deutscher Bücherpreis (German Book Prize). She died in 2011.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nan A. Talese","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43875061661811,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":24.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8cb44c75-bb96-41d7-8694-e3bea42c5965.jpg?v=1758283404","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/medea-9780385518574","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}