The writing is beautiful * The Times * An epic that's also a page-turner * i * Fabulous. In Miller's retelling Circe is a suitably bolshie character who is not going to be bossed around by men.
A highly psychologized, redemptive and ultimately exculpatory account of the protagonist herself - Claire Messud * New York Times * The Orange prizewinner Madeline Miller reimagines Circe, the witch from The Odyssey. Miller has determined, in her characterization of this most powerful witch, to bring her as close as possible to the human, as a thoughtful and compassionate woman who learns to love unselfishly. A real page-turner * Elle Magazine * Illuminates known stories from a new perspective. And on top of that, she makes Greek myths and culture, which is often perceived as impenetrable and intimidating, accessible. Subverting the usual masculine tropes of epic adventure narratives, Miller tells the story of the women who have been historically silenced. From the author of the much-loved The Song of Achilles, this novel puts a feminist spin on Greek mythology, recasting Circe, the vilified witch infamous for turning men into pigs, in a sympathetic light.
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A spellbinding tour de force of imagination * Mail on Sunday, 'Sizzling summer reads' * Miller has effected a transformation just as impressive as any of her heroine's own: she's turned an ancient tale of female subjugation into one of empowerment and courage full of contemporary resonances - Lucy Scholes * Independent * What more could you wish for on holiday than this fabulously written re-imagining of the myth? Gods, monsters and mortals are lushly evoked in a page-turner that is as gripping as a soap opera and which triumphantly fuses myth with our contemporary concerns - Elizabeth Buchan * Daily Mail, Books of the Summer 2018 * Dubbed the 'feminist Odyssey', there's so much to like about Circe. The woman who emerges is complex and sympathetic. Supple, pitched in a register that bridges man and myth * Guardian * The first witch in Western literature sets Homer straight as she tells her life story, from her unhappy childhood to her lonely island exile. This is both a fabulous novel and a fascinating retelling the best compliment, perhaps, that any myth could hope for * Daily Telegraph * Circe is poised to become the literary sensation of the summer, as much for the quality of its writing as its timeliness * Sunday Times Magazine * It is out of these insights that Miller achieves real narrative propulsion. Circe is a truly spellbinding novel, the mesmerising shimmer of ancient magic rising from it like a heat haze * Mail on Sunday * A brilliantly strange work of mythic science fiction, as effortlessly expressive within the palaces of gods as it is about the world below. Blisteringly modern * The Times * In a thrilling tour de force of imagination, Miller makes her otherworldly heroine a complex, sympathetic figure for whom we cheer throughout. Miller's Me Too-era, kickass portrait of a woman trying to defy the men and Fates arrayed against her is enchanting. Homer's witch get a kickass modern makeover. An airy delight, a novel to be gobbled greedily in a single sitting * Observer * Circe back as superwoman. Miller makes these age-old texts thrum with contemporary relevance. 📘 Lee Ahora 📥 Descargar Circe de Madeline Millerĭescripción - Críticas Circe gives us a feminist slant on the Odyssey.
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