by Madeline Miller · Bloomsbury Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781408891384
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«The Song of Achilles» is the fantasy and romance novel by Madeline Miller, published by Bloomsbury Publishing in paperback (369 pages, in English).
Patroclus, exiled to Phthia, befriends Achilles, the son of the goddess Thetis; their bond deepens as they grow, despite Thetis's opposition. When Helen of Sparta is abducted, both set off for the Trojan War, in a story of love and destiny inspired by Greek mythology.
This edition belongs to the Bloomsbury Modern Classics collection; the work won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2012.
Recommended for readers interested in Greek mythology, LGBTQ+ romance, and modern reinterpretations of the Homeric classics.
Madeline Miller is an American novelist, author of The Song of Achilles (2011) and Circe (2018). Miller spent ten years writing The Song of Achilles while she worked as a teacher of Latin and Greek. The novel tells the story of the love between the mythological figures Achilles and Patroclus; it won the Orange Prize for Fiction, making Miller the fourth debut novelist to win the prize. She is a 2019 recipient of the Alex Awards.
