An emblematic character of great ancient authors such as Euripides and Apollonius of Rhodes, Medea is the female figure that one of the greatest names in contemporary French literature revisits in the tense and expressive pages of this work. Descended from the Sun, Medea has two main roles. First, she is the powerful woman who, with her magic, aids the hero Jason in his search for the Golden Fleece. Then, she becomes the spurned lover who, by murdering her own children, takes revenge on Jason, who has decided to marry the daughter of the king of Corinth. This second movement disturbs the lyrical gaze and the astonished reflection of Pascal Quignard: the mystery of how motherhood signifies the power to give life and, also, to take it away, in a defining act that uproots from the earth any possibility of assuming in affection and care the secure permanence. The journey of the famous author of All the Mornings of the World reaches a devastating clarity in the pages of this Medea: Newborns kill all living things in their path.