![]() This is a beautiful book."-Zachary Mason, author of THE LOST BOOKS OF THE ODYSSEY THE SONG OF ACHILLES brings light to their love. "THE ILIAD turns on Achilles' pride and his relationship with Patroclus, but Homer is sparing with the personal-so much so that, though we believe in their friendship, we do not understand it. Beautifully descriptive and heartachingly lyrical, this is a love story as sensitive and intuitive as any you will find."-Daily Mail "A psychologically astute Iliad prelude featuring the heady, star-crossed adolescence of future heroes Patroclus and Achilles."-Vogue I hope SONG OF ACHILLES becomes part of the high school summer reading lists alongside PENELOPIAD."-Helen Simonson, bestselling author of MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND The language was timeless, the historical details were slipped in perfectly. She breaks new ground retelling one of the world's oldest stories about men in love and war extraordinary women."-Publishers Weekly (starred review), Pick of the Week "Masterfully brings to life an imaginative yet informed vision of ancient Greece featuring divinely human gods and larger-than-life mortals. "You don't need to be familiar with Homer's The Iliad (or Brad Pitt's Troy, for that matter) to find Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles spellbinding.her explorations of ego, grief, and love's many permutations are both familiar and new. "Mary Renault lives again! A ravishingly vivid and convincing version of one of the most legendary of love stories."-Emma Donoghue, New York Times bestselling author of ROOM Next up from Miller-the story of Circe.historical fiction fans, get in on the ground floor."-Library Journal "A modern take on The Iliad, full of love and feats of glory and told in an open, lyric, loose-limbed fashion that should appeal to many readers. "Miller somehow (and breathtakingly so) mixes high-action commercial plotting with writing of such beautiful delicacy you sometimes have to stop and stare."-The Independent Reading this book recalled me to the breathless sense of the ancient-yet-present that I felt when I first fell in love with the classics."-Catherine Conybeare, Professor of Classics, Bryn Mawr College "Although the details of the story are Miller's own, the world is one that all who love the Iliad and its epigones will recognize. The result is a book I could not put down."-Ann Patchett, bestselling author of BEL CANTO and STATE OF WONDER ![]() Madeline Miller has given us her own fresh take on the Trojan war and its heroes. "At once a scholar's homage to THE ILIAD and a startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist. "A captivating retelling of The Iliad and events leading up to it through the point of view of Patroclus: it's a hard book to put down, and any classicist will be enthralled by her characterisation of the goddess Thetis, which carries the true savagery and chill of antiquity." - Donna Tartt, The Times An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner, Miller's monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction's brightest lights-and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes. "At once a scholar's homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art.A book I could not put down." -Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch HouseĪ thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War from the bestselling author of CirceĪ tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad.
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