“One of the best novelistic adaptations of Homer in recent memory, and it offers strikingly well-rounded and compassionate portrait of Achilles. Talk about updating the classics.” - Time magazine “Wildly romantic surprisingly suspenseful.ringing those dark figures back to life, making them men again, and while she’s at it, us her passionate companion piece to The Iliad as a subtle swipe at today’s ongoing debate over gay marriage. “Fast, true and incredibly rewarding…A remarkable achievement.” - USA Today “A captivating retelling of The Iliad and events leading up to it through the point of view of Patroclus: it’s a hard book to put down, and any classicist will be enthralled by her characterisation of the goddess Thetis, which carries the true savagery and chill of antiquity.” - Donna Tartt, The Times
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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. “At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art….A book I could not put down.” -Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch HouseĪ thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War from the bestselling author of CirceĪ 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. Geake, Brown University Bookstore, Providence, RI Miller's homage to The Iliad is sharp and strengthened by her knowledge and exquisite prose.”
By focusing on Achilles' near-fatherly love for Patroclus, we see an intimate side of the great Achilles, long overshadowed by Homer's portrayal of his exploits in war and his 'great rage' against the Trojans.
“It's a daunting effort to recast an ancient tale, but classics scholar Miller proves that she is worthy of the task with this finely wrought debut grafted from the historical root of the Trojan War. Geake, Brown University Bookstore, Providence, RI Fall '12 Reading Group List “It's a daunting effort to recast an ancient tale, but classics scholar Miller proves that she is worth of the task with this finely wrought debut grafted from the historical root of the Trojan War.
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