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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 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 with dramatic urgency Medea s humanity, her Bronze Age roots and position in Greek society, her love affair with Jason, and her tragic demise.