Emily Rhodes

A modern Medea: Iron Curtain, by Vesna Goldsworthy, reviewed

A novel of love and betrayal artfully evokes the 1980s while also drawing on the mythic past

‘Medea’ by Frederick Sandys — the mythical character whom Vesna Goldsworthy’s protagonist resembles. [Getty Images]
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  • Iron Curtain: A Love Story

    Vesna Goldsworthy

    Chatto & Windus, pp. 304, £14

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