Madeline Miller
Hardcover | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 4.34 | 174327 Users | 21952 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Song of Achilles |
| ISBN: | 1408816032 (ISBN13: 9781408816035) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Achilles (Greek hero), Peleus, Patroclus, Thetis (mythology) |
| Setting: | Troy Pthia(Greece) |
| Literary Awards: | Orange Prize for Fiction (2012), Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Best Novel (2013), Chautauqua Prize Nominee (2013) |
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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. By all rights their paths should never cross, but Achilles takes the shamed prince as his friend, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles' mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But then word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus journeys with Achilles to Troy, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear. Profoundly moving and breathtakingly original, this rendering of the epic Trojan War is a dazzling feat of the imagination, a devastating love story, and an almighty battle between gods and kings, peace and glory, immortal fame and the human heart.Define Epithetical Books The Song of Achilles
| Title | : | The Song of Achilles |
| Author | : | Madeline Miller |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | September 20th 2011 by Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Fiction. Mythology. LGBT. Romance |
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Ratings: 4.34 From 174327 Users | 21952 ReviewsColumn Epithetical Books The Song of Achilles
3/16/20: this is one of those books that gets better every time you reread it and by better I mean worse because you cry over everything when you know the endingimagine being me and rereading this and having no care for my own emotions and wondering why Im crying at 2 am(I already want to reread it again)"Achilles. Who was he if not miraculous, and radiant? Who was he if not destined for fame?" Reading this is like reading Romeo and Juliet. We all know the story. We all know the outcome. We all know that our desperate prayers for someone, anyone to step in and save these characters from themselves will fall on deaf ears. Gods. What a bloody trainwreck. Even though I knew how it was going to end, I was not prepared for how much I cared.This is the story of the fall of Troy. Or rather, a part of
Madeline Miller did what the movie producers of the film Troy (2004) were too cowardly to do; she stayed true to the homosexuality of Homers Iliad rather than writing a censored version of the story which stank of homophobia. Achilles and Patroclus were passionately in love, which resulted in their respective destructions. They were not cousins or man at arms, but soul mates. The watering down of this in the film Troy was an insult to the LGBT community. Nothing more. Nothing less. The
We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other. way back I said there was a review of this beautiful book to come and I never did it. So now it's June and finally, finally I am ready to review this book. deidamia: marry me ach-achilles: in case you havent noticed, im gay. im gay as fuck. i dont like girls and i dont want to... like girls. have you ever seen me without patroclus standing right beside me? thats gay In a weird
In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood, like a hundred golden urns pouring out the sun. I read The Song of Achilles many years ago, before I got into book reviewing, but it always bothered me that I didnt have a proper review for this beautiful book. I was a little apprehensive about rereading it, because I wasnt sure if it would hold up and impact me the way it did many years ago. But, friends, this story is
*This review is dedicated to Kelly without whose question I would not have thought so hard about why I loved this book. Miller has called this book The Song of Achilles. The title could refer to a song sung by Achilles. It could also refer to a song sung about Achilles. This double meaning is significant as the book retells the story of the Illiad but with a very different focus. The title is significant too because it deliberately recalls the start of the Illiad: Sing, goddess, of the wrath of
Why would I kill Hector? What has Hector ever done to me? Fun Fact of the Day: I was in a Latin class my freshman year where the teacher mentioned how gay Achilles was every single sentence. She could not bring up these two without mentioning that they were believed to be in a romantic relationship. That's honestly at least half the reason I picked this book up, so thanks, Magistra Vasquez, for being so extra. Can't wait to have you again next year for AP Latin. Can probably wait for the
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