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𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 by Natalie Haynes
娜塔莉海恩斯+希臘神話眾女神=直衝奧林匹斯雲霄的Girl Power!
我們在海恩斯的妙筆之下，見證過特洛伊戰爭過影千帆中的女性凡人與神祇，也看著美麗虔誠，卻遭受暴行與詛咒，最終在珀修斯的英雄故事中成為陰險醜陋妖婦的梅杜莎，曾是何等鮮活而富有生命力。
集紐時暢銷作家、演員、BBC藝術文化評論節目班底於一身的才女娜塔莉海恩斯，再次深入至今仍為人津津樂道的古老故事，在讀者熟悉的希臘神話裡，挖掘並聚焦於那些被隱去聲音的女神們。
於是，我們有了愛與美的縮影：阿芙蘿黛蒂，然在驚人美貌與神力之下，強烈的復仇心蟄伏其中；以及遭受痛苦與磨難，卻僅以善妒與爭寵形象為人所記住的，司掌婚姻與幸福的天后赫拉。不再是數個零碎形容詞與象徵物填塞下的扁平角色，海恩斯筆下的女神，充滿力量與慈悲，同時飽含嫉妒與渴望。作者一一細數希臘神話中的女性神祇，以其標誌性的熱情與機敏筆鋒，重新賦予她們說出自己故事的權力，讓讀著看見這些古老而具有偉大力量的女性角色們，是多麼立體、飽滿而鮮活。
Get ready to meet the goddesses, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind and Pandora’s Jar, Natalie Haynes.
These are the stories of the Greek goddesses. As fearsome, powerful and beloved as their male counterparts, it’s time to look beyond the columns of a ruined temple to the awesome power within . . .
We meet Hera, who, whilst most often known for enacting vicious, creative revenge on the women – mortal or otherwise – who catch the wandering eye of her husband Zeus, turns out not to be such a villain after all.
We meet Demeter, a mother who will go to any lengths, no matter the cost, to retrieve her daughter Persephone from Hades’ clutches.
We’ll be introduced to The Furies, three women who will literally go to the ends of the earth to enact bloody vengeance but who, surprisingly, are the goddesses who can teach us the most about the way we live now.
Examining the role of these goddesses and more, Divine Might will change everything you thought you knew about our most ancient stories. Full of fire, fury and devotion, Natalie Haynes brings the divine women of Olympia kicking and screaming into the modern age.
