The fans of Greek Mythology can enjoy a new novel by the American writer Madeline Miller, whose retelling of Achilles’ fate (“The Song of Achilles”, 2011) has been a huge success since its publication and it won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2012:
The new novel is entitled “Circe”. It was published on April 10, 2018, and it retells the story of the most famous enchantress of Classical Mythology:
Here you can listen to the Author reading from her book:
Nunc est legendum!
For more information see for example:
- Madeline Miller’s website: http://madelinemiller.com/tag/circe/ (also the source of the covers)
- Review on “The Guardian” by Alex Preston: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/08/circe-madeline-miller-homer-odyssey-retelling-review
- Review on “The New York Times” by Alexandra Alter: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/books/madeline-miller-circe-novel.html
Found by Katarzyna Marciniak