★已授權美、英（Heinemann）、澳、法、荷、克！

From the incomparable David Vann comes a new novel unlike anything you’ve ever read before. Set in the Mediterranean and Black Sea 3,250 years ago, BRIGHT AIR BLACK is David Vann’s exhilarating version of Medea as a slayer of kings who wants a world not ruled by men.

Following the success of AQUARIUM, which was a New York Times Editor’s Choice and garnered numerous rave reviews, here he transports us to 13th century B.C. to give a nuanced and electric portrait of the life of one of ancient mythology’s most fascinating and notorious women, Medea. In brilliant poetic prose, this book brings us aboard the ship Argo for its epic return journey across the Black Sea from Persia’s Colchis—where Medea flees her home and father with Jason, the Argonauts, and 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 the dramatic urgency of Medea’s humanity, her Bronze Age roots and position in Greek society, her love affair with Jason, and her tragic demise.

Atmospheric and spellbinding, BRIGHT AIR BLACK is an indispensable, fresh, and provocative take on one of our earliest texts and the most intimate and corporal version of Medea’s story ever told.

 

David Vann’s internationally bestselling books have won fifteen prizes, including best foreign novel in France and Spain, and have appeared on 70 Best Books of the Year lists in a dozen countries. His novels include AQUARIUM, GOAT MOUNTAIN, DIRT, CARIBOU ISLAND, and LEGEND OF A SUICIDE. He holds degrees from Stanford and Cornell and is currently a Professor at the University of Warwick in England. AQUARIUM has been optioned for film by Rhodri Thomas at Ink Factory.　David’s novels have been published widely abroad (see below), but if there is any strong interest from new publishers, please let me know and I’d be happy to discuss the situation in that market further.