The Medusa Frequency

The Medusa Frequency
First edition
AuthorRussell Hoban
Cover artistJohannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring
LanguageEnglish
PublisherJonathan Cape
Publication date
1987
Publication placeGreat Britain
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages143
ISBN0-7475-5909-0

The Medusa Frequency is a 1987 novel by Russell Hoban. Written in a lyrical, often magic realist style, it crosses a number of genres including comedy and fantasy. It uses the story of Orpheus to "meditate on art and reality and love and fear and fidelity and betrayal".[1]

  1. ^ "The Medusa Frequency". enotes. Retrieved 9 April 2023.