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The Song of Achilles

de Madeline Miller

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Fiction. Historical Fiction. HTML:

"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 Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller's thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War. A 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. 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.
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Es mostren 1-5 de 466 (següent | mostra-les totes)
Energetic, vivid and extremely honest. A perfectly antiquarian rendition of a modern understanding of the ancient epic. Beautifully enchanting and fearful. Probably rivals Homer in retelling of the immortal legend. ( )
  breathstealer | Sep 19, 2023 |
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller was another version of the story, told from the perspective of Achilles' best friend, Patroclus. There was some happiness and joy in this tale but the forces of the outside world via the divine and the temporal world were against them. Miller is a masterful storyteller and while I didn't think this was as good as Circe, I did enjoy it. ( )
  witchyrichy | Aug 30, 2023 |
Soul Crushing but beautifully memorable ( )
  Abbie01 | Aug 16, 2023 |
I really enjoyed this! It was a fun, fast read and a great retelling of sorts of "The Iliad". I especially loved how it focused on the stories of Thetis and Briseis and even Diedamia, bringing these women to life. Although it is tragic, it does have a wonderful ending about redemption and making peace and resolving conflict. If you like Greek mythology and retelling familiar tales from different perspectives, stories about friendship and teaching, as well as some male romance, this is definitely a story for you. ( )
  AnonR | Aug 5, 2023 |
Madeline Miller writes a story that has been told before, but from a completely different perspective. (Homer's "The Iliad") While staying true to Homer's original text and intention, she gives a minor character, Patroclus, the lead in this story. His point of view draws you in right from the start. The language is on par with Homer and leads you through at a very easy pace. I devoured this tale. While I already knew the eventual outcome, I still sat with baited breath. Along the way, I yearned with Patroclus and then cried with Achilles.

I will be reading her next book, "Circe" (a retelling of "The Odyssey") as soon as it comes out in paperback. I hope she continues on this path of rewriting these classics.
  s.quattro | Aug 4, 2023 |
Es mostren 1-5 de 466 (següent | mostra-les totes)
That The Song of Achilles offers a different take on the epic story of Achilles and the Trojan War is not, in itself, anything particularly out of the ordinary. People have been putting their own spins on The Iliad from the instant Homer finished reciting it. What's startling about this sharply written, cleverly re-imagined, enormously promising debut novel from Madeline Miller is how fresh and moving her take on the tale is — how she has managed to bring Achilles and his companion Patroclus to life in our time without removing them from their own.
afegit per Shortride | editaUSA Today, Robert Bianco (Mar 12, 2012)
 
But in the case of Miller, who earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in classics at Brown, the epic reach exceeds her technical grasp. The result is a book that has the head of a young adult novel, the body of the “Iliad” and the hindquarters of Barbara Cartland.
 

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Miller, Madelineautor primaritotes les edicionsconfirmat
AUCHÉ, ChristineTraductorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Curtoni, MatteoTraductorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Douglas, FrazerNarradorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Parolini, MauraTraductorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
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Fiction. Historical Fiction. HTML:

"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 Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller's thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War. A 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. 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.

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