The Song of Achilles

Resumen del libro

A beautiful new limited edition paperback of The Song of Achilles, published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics list
The god touches his finger to the arrow's fletching. Then he breathes, a puff of air - as if to send dandelions flying, to push toy boats over water. And the arrow flies, straight and silent, in a curving, downward arc towards Achilles' back.

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, the boys develop a tender friendship, a bond which blossoms into something deeper as they grow into young men.

But when Helen of Sparta is kidnapped, Achilles is dispatched to distant Troy to fulfil his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.

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".