. Miller spent ten years writing Song of Achilles while she worked as a Latin and Greek teacher. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Like. Thought i was buying a new conception of a Homeric myth. I would definitely recommend this book to anybody who is interested in the lead up to the Trojan war, or somebody who wants to try out historical fiction for the first time. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Madeline Miller (born July 24, 1978) is an American novelist, author of The Song of Achilles (2011) and Circe (2018). It all seemed so contrived. If you'd like a signed and personalized copy of one of Madeline Miller's books follow this link to the wonderful Main Point Books. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations

Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Miller's prose breathes life and very relatable romance into this myth in a way that will grip you.

They are trained by the centaur Chiron in the arts of war and medicine, but when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. There are serious questions underlying the narrative.

“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma Donoghue, author of Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Thank you for sharing this with us. Here’s a Deadline article with more information, including the brilliant writers, Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa (the team who is bringing us Mulan), and the producers, Chernin Entertainment and Endeavor Content. OMG, I held my breath for the second half of this book. I got nothing against love stores whoever the lovers are but I don't enjoy romance novels, historic, contemporary or pseudo-mythological, especially where the partners are unequal. Also Miller knows what she's talking about and her work is heavily researched and intelligent so for all those hoping it's not a sloppy mistelling of a Greek myth- it's absolutely not. She has also studied at the Yale School of Drama, specialising in adapting classical tales to a modern audience. Patroclus is een zachtaardige prins, verbannen uit zijn vaderland na een gewelddadig incident. I was recommended this by a friend. But in her novel, The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller has found the lover beneath the bloodshed and fury. It follows the relationship between two princes - the exiled Patroclus and the god-like warrior Achilles - and recasts these legends of ancient Greece in a deeper tale of love, loss, betrayal, and loyalty.

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Genuinely enjoyed this book, the character development was involving, the story engaging There's also a war and battles that surrounds their romance, but that's all background material. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Read a Q & A with Madeline about The Song of Achilles. In this amazing book you live with Patroclus and Achilles through their beginnings to their end and beyond.

His mum is the original helicopter parent, intensely ambitious for her son, but she also suffered from the way he was conceived, from having to lose him when she went back to the sea caves to be free from his father.

This contrasts with half god Achilles, for whom things come easy and who is strikingly handsome and talented. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ISBN 9780062060624, 0062060627Paperback | 416 pages “The Song of Achilles is at once a scholar’s homage to the Iliad and a startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist. I wish i could read it for the first time again. She is cruel and capricious, as gods (even minor sea nymphs) are.

One of my top 5 books of all time The result is a book I could not put down.” —Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto and State of … Most of the reviews make it about a story that retails the illiad. Its a real work of art and one that's so easy to read again and again. and it's a story well told.

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