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GALATEA-A SHORT STORY HB

Miller, Madeline

Εκδότης Bloomsbury , ISBN 9781526652065

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. **A small hardback edition 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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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. **A small hardback edition 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...

Πληροφορίες προϊόντος

  • Συγγραφέας Miller, Madeline
  • Eκδότης Bloomsbury
  • ISBN 9781526652065
  • Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100077244
  • Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2022
  • Σελίδες 64
  • Διαστάσεις
  • Βάρος 250 gr

Miller, Madeline

Συγγραφέας

Η Madeline Miller πήρε πτυχίο και μεταπτυχιακό τίτλο σπουδών από το Πανεπιστήμιο Μπράουν στα Λατινικά και τα Αρχαία Ελληνικά, τα οποία και διδάσκει. Επίσης έχει σπουδάσει στη Σχολή Θεατρικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Γέιλ, με ειδικότητα στην προσαρμογή και τη μεταφορά κλασικών μύθων στη σημερινή εποχή. Το τραγούδι του Αχιλλέα είναι το πρώτο της βιβλίο, ενώ από τις εκδόσεις Διόπτρα κυκλοφορεί επίσης το δεύτερο βιβλίο της Κίρκη. Madeline Miller is the author of The Song of Achilles, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012, was shortlisted for the Stonewall Writer of the Year 2012, was an instant New York Times bestseller, and was translated into twenty-five languages. Madeline holds an MA in Classics from Brown University, and she taught Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students for over a decade. She has also studied at the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought, and at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms. Her essays have appeared in publications including the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Lapham's Quarterly and NPR.org. She lives outside Philadelphia.

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