Circe

Resumen del libro

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 Blisteringly modern The Times Bold and sensuously written Daily Mail An airy delight Observer God. Mortal. Daughter.

Monster. Saviour. Outcast.

Lover. Destroyer. Creator.

Mother. Witch. Scorned, rejected and at last exiled from her father s house for her dark gifts, Circe arrives on the remote island of Aiaia with nothing but her wits and magic to help her.

But there is danger for a solitary woman in the world, and Circe s independence and strange powers draw the wrath of men and gods alike. To protect what she holds dear, Circe must decide whether she belongs with the deities she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love. Complicated and wounded, gifted and passionate, Madeline Miller s captivating Circe steps out of myth and into the present as a heroine for our time, and all times.

Biografía del autor

Madelline Miller es la autora de dos novelas que fueron número uno en la lista de libros más vendidos de "The New York Times". Con "La canción de Aquiles" ganó el Orange Women's Prize for Fiction 2012 y "Circe" fue finalista del Women's Prize for Fiction 2019. Sus libros se han traducido a más de treinta y dos idiomas. Miller tiene un máster de Estudios Clásicos en la Universidad de Brown, estudió Dramaturgia en la Escuela de Arte Dramático de Yale, centrándose en la adaptación de textos clásicos, y enseñó Latín, Griego y la obra de Shakespeare a estudiantes de bachillerato durante más de una década.<br> Disponible de Madeline Miller en AdN: "Circe", "La canción de Aquiles" y "Galatea".