The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Paperback Book

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Rent The Song of Achilles

Author: Madeline Miller

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Ecco Press

Published: Nov 2012

Genre: Fiction - Historical - General

Retail Price: $17.99

Pages: 384

Synopsis

“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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BookLender review by Yasmin H. on 2020-04-27 15:38:42

I absolutely adore this book. Not only did it make me feel a real and deep connection with the characters but the story's themes stayed with me long after I finished.