
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 & father with Jason the Argonauts & 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 & position in Greek society her love affair with Jason & her tragic demise Atmospheric & spellbinding Bright Air Black is an indispensable fresh & provocative take on one of our earliest texts & the most intimate & corporal version of Medea's story ever told