"En triumf!" The Times, Books of the Year "Kirke kommer att bli sommarens sensation, lika mycket för dess litterära kvaliteter som för dess aktualitet." Sunday Times Magazine Kirke är den första häxan i litteraturen. En kvinna med mer makt än vad sa…
Kirke är den första häxan i litteraturen. En kvinna med mer makt än vad samhället ansåg lämpligt. Hon var gudinnan som förförde Odysseus med trollformler och förvandlade hans manskap till svin. Madeline Miller lyfter ut Kirke ur Odysséen och ger hen…
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child - not powerfu…
The captivating Sunday Times and New York Times number one bestseller by the Orange Prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles; `spellbinding ... a thrilling tour de force of the imagination' (Mail on Sunday) `Fabulous' Daily Telegraph `Blistering…
Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in th…
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child - not powerful…
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTHE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERSELECTED AS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, GUARDIAN, I PAPER, IRISH TIMES, REFINERY29, SCOTSMAN, SUNDAY TELEGRA…
A beautiful new limited edition paperback of The Song of Achilles, published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics listThe god touches his finger to the arrow's fletching. Then he breathes, a puff of air - as if to send dandelions flying, to pus…
"A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right" (Alexandra Alter, The New Yor…
A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times Bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right" (Alexandra Alter, The New York…
"At once a scholar's homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist....A book I could not put down." --Ann Patchett"Mary Renault lives again " declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The…
From the Orange Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles comes the powerful story of the mythological witch Circe, inspired by Homer's OdysseyIn the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daug…
Orange prize 2012 -voittaja Madeline Millerin romaanin tapahtumat sijoittuvat tarujen Kreikkaan, Troijan sodan aikaan. Kertomuksen taustalla ovat Homeroksen Iliaan tapahtumat ja henkilöt, mutta tarinan ytimessä ei kuitenkaan ole sota vaan kasvutarin…
Madeline Millers bestseller om de græske guder og troldkvinden Kirke har solgt 500.000 eksemplarer i USA på mindre end et år. Kirke er efterårets must read for læseren, der både vil underholdes og beriges med…
Achilleus´ sang er Homers Iliaden fortalt fra en bipersons synsvinkel. Den handler om Patroklos, der vokser op som søn af en konge. Patroklos´ mor er retarderet, og hans far mener, at Patroclus har arvet hendes gener.&n…
