Galatea

Galatea

by Madeline Miller
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 04/07/2013

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From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles and Circe, an enchanting short story that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion.


**Featuring a new afterword by Madeline Miller**


In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece – the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen – the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own, and yearns for independence.


In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost...


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Praise for CIRCE


'A thrilling tour de force of imagination' Mail on Sunday


'A bold and subversive retelling' New York Times


'A novel to be gobbled greedily in one sitting' Observer


'A remarkable achievement' Sunday Times

ISBN:
9781408848142
9781408848142
Category:
Fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
04-07-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Madeline Miller

Madeline Miller has a BA and MA from Brown University in Latin and Ancient Greek, and has been teaching both for the past nine years.

She has also studied at the Yale School of Drama, specialising in adapting classical tales to a modern audience. The Song of Achilles is her first novel and was the winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012.

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