Medea Voices

Medea Sesler Book Description

In Medea.Voices, published in 1996, Christa Wolf deals with the story that has been told many times since Euripides' tragedy. Medea has always been depicted as a monster mother who kills her children, a fratricide, a sorceress who killed Glauke, the daughter of Creon, King of Corinth, with the poisoned dress she sent, a victim of Jason's treachery, or an eternal stranger who has broken bridges with her own roots. However, Wolf's Medea is not a helpless prisoner of passion and has committed no crime. She is an independent woman with extraordinary powers and human flaws who left her country in search of a higher and more human civilization. The author places the novel in an age where old goddess-centered religions have given way to patriarchal governments and kings risk everything for the sake of power. In this age where alienation permeates human existence, dialogue is impossible not only between different cultures but also between genders living in the same cultural climate. In the novel, which Margaret Atwood likens to "a tunnel covered with mirrors that both reflect images and echo sounds", Wolf tries to get to the source of violence in human societies by examining the functioning of power and the behavior of those oppressed under the pressure of power from different perspectives.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 192

Size: 12.5 x 20.5

First Printing Year: 2021

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Language: Turkish