"en hejdundrande äventyrsroman, 400 sidor att hungrigt glida igenom. Och detta trots att man sedan årtusenden vet hur det hela slutar." Expressen"... en litterär begivenhet som bör sälla sig till vår tids klassiker." SvDKirke är den första häxan i litteraturen. En kvinna med mer makt än vad samhället ansåg lämpligt. Hon var gudinnan som förförde Odysseus med trollformler och förvandlade hans manskap till svin. Madeline Miller lyfter ut Kirke ur Odysséen och ger henne en egen bok – som blir något så ovanligt som en kvinnlig äventyrsberättelse. Det är en kraftfull och tidlös saga för vuxna, om en kvinnas kamp för överlevnad och frihet.

A New York Times Bestseller

“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 House

A thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War from the bestselling author of Circe

A 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. 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.

“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

Grekland på hjältarnas tid. Patroklos, en tafatt ung prins, tvingas gå i landsflykt och hamnar hos kung Peleus och hans perfekte son Akilles. Deras olikheter till trots växer en innerlig vänskap fram mellan pojkarna, en relation som djupnar till något mer i takt med att de mognar till unga män.

När Helena av Sparta blir bortrövad skickas Akilles i väg till det fjärran Troja för att fullfölja sitt öde. Sliten mellan kärlek och oro över vännen gör Patroklos honom sällskap, utan att ana att allt de håller kärt kommer att sättas på prov under de kommande åren.

Madeline Miller har skrivit fram ytterligare en kvinna som kräver sin egen självständighet.

I Antikens Grekland har en skicklig marmorskulptör skapat den vackraste kvinna som staden någonsin skådat, och gett henne liv, och tagit henne till sin fru. Nu förväntar han sig att hans fru, Galatea ska behaga honom och vara lydnad och ödmjukhet personifierad. Men hon vill annat och med en dotter att rädda är hon fast besluten att bryta sig loss vad det än kostar.

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, Galatea is expected to be obedience and humility personified, but it is not long before she learns to use her beauty as a form of manipulation. 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...

Pygmalion's story has moved millions through the centuries, inspiring George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, and later the beloved musical My Fair Lady.  Ecco is proud to publish Orange Prize-winning author Madeline Miller’s E-book original short story Galatea which will appear in the forthcoming anthology xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths to be published in October. This retelling of the Pygmalion myth from the statue’s perspective is a tale that will make readers rethink how they relate to the great myths of our time.

"en hejdundrande äventyrsroman, 400 sidor att hungrigt glida igenom. Och detta trots att man sedan årtusenden vet hur det hela slutar." Expressen"... en litterär begivenhet som bör sälla sig till vår tids klassiker." SvDKirke är den första häxan i litteraturen. En kvinna med mer makt än vad samhället ansåg lämpligt. Hon var gudinnan som förförde Odysseus med trollformler och förvandlade hans manskap till svin. Madeline Miller lyfter ut Kirke ur Odysséen och ger henne en egen bok – som blir något så ovanligt som en kvinnlig äventyrsberättelse. Det är en kraftfull och tidlös saga för vuxna, om en kvinnas kamp för överlevnad och frihet.

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett

“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller’s thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War. 

A 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. 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.

"en hejdundrande äventyrsroman, 400 sidor att hungrigt glida igenom. Och detta trots att man sedan årtusenden vet hur det hela slutar." Expressen"... en litterär begivenhet som bör sälla sig till vår tids klassiker." SvDKirke är den första häxan i litteraturen. En kvinna med mer makt än vad samhället ansåg lämpligt. Hon var gudinnan som förförde Odysseus med trollformler och förvandlade hans manskap till svin. Madeline Miller lyfter ut Kirke ur Odysséen och ger henne en egen bok – som blir något så ovanligt som en kvinnlig äventyrsberättelse. Det är en kraftfull och tidlös saga för vuxna, om en kvinnas kamp för överlevnad och frihet.

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett

“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller’s thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War. A 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. 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.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

An enchanting short story from Madeline Miller that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion, now in hardcover for the first time

**A small hardcover 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. After marrying her, 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, Galatea 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 . . . 

An enchanting short story from Madeline Miller that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion, now in audio for the first time

**Performed by Ruth Wilson and featuring an 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. After marrying her, 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, Galatea 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 . . .With a spellbinding performance by Ruth Wilson (His Dark Materials,The Affair), step back into Madeline Miller''s mythic world.

A brilliant new short story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Madeline Millerher first new work of fiction since the publication of Circethat vibrantly reimagines the powerful and forgotten myth of Mestra.

A cursed father, a gifted daughterMestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is granted a unique gift by Poseidon: The ability to transform herself into any being she can imagine.

Her father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter, he is in possession of an unnatural, insatiable hunger. Devoted Mestra suggests using her new gift to help her father. But if his hunger is bottomless, how much will he take from her? Soon she must decide: Will she keep helping her father survive or finally break free?

A jewel-like tale of human fallibility, and her first new work of fiction since the publication of Circe, Mestra confirms Madeline Miller as our high priestess of mythology.

This #1 New York Times bestseller brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey, as she discovers her own power, forges her identity, and challenges the gods who seek to control her. "[A] bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story." —The New York Times

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power—the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.

Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.

But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love.

With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, Washington Post, People, Time, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Newsweek, A.V. Club, Christian Science Monitor, Refinery 29, Buzzfeed, Paste, Audible, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Thrillist, NYPL, Self, Real Simple, Goodreads, Boston Globe, Electric Literature, BookPage, Guardian, Book Riot, Seattle Times, and Business Insider.

"en hejdundrande äventyrsroman, 400 sidor att hungrigt glida igenom. Och detta trots att man sedan årtusenden vet hur det hela slutar." Expressen"... en litterär begivenhet som bör sälla sig till vår tids klassiker." SvDKirke är den första häxan i litteraturen. En kvinna med mer makt än vad samhället ansåg lämpligt. Hon var gudinnan som förförde Odysseus med trollformler och förvandlade hans manskap till svin. Madeline Miller lyfter ut Kirke ur Odysséen och ger henne en egen bok – som blir något så ovanligt som en kvinnlig äventyrsberättelse. Det är en kraftfull och tidlös saga för vuxna, om en kvinnas kamp för överlevnad och frihet.

A New York Times Bestseller

“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 House

A thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War from the bestselling author of Circe

A 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. 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.

“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

Grekland på hjältarnas tid. Patroklos, en tafatt ung prins, tvingas gå i landsflykt och hamnar hos kung Peleus och hans perfekte son Akilles. Deras olikheter till trots växer en innerlig vänskap fram mellan pojkarna, en relation som djupnar till något mer i takt med att de mognar till unga män.

När Helena av Sparta blir bortrövad skickas Akilles i väg till det fjärran Troja för att fullfölja sitt öde. Sliten mellan kärlek och oro över vännen gör Patroklos honom sällskap, utan att ana att allt de håller kärt kommer att sättas på prov under de kommande åren.

Madeline Miller har skrivit fram ytterligare en kvinna som kräver sin egen självständighet.

I Antikens Grekland har en skicklig marmorskulptör skapat den vackraste kvinna som staden någonsin skådat, och gett henne liv, och tagit henne till sin fru. Nu förväntar han sig att hans fru, Galatea ska behaga honom och vara lydnad och ödmjukhet personifierad. Men hon vill annat och med en dotter att rädda är hon fast besluten att bryta sig loss vad det än kostar.

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, Galatea is expected to be obedience and humility personified, but it is not long before she learns to use her beauty as a form of manipulation. 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...

Pygmalion's story has moved millions through the centuries, inspiring George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, and later the beloved musical My Fair Lady.  Ecco is proud to publish Orange Prize-winning author Madeline Miller’s E-book original short story Galatea which will appear in the forthcoming anthology xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths to be published in October. This retelling of the Pygmalion myth from the statue’s perspective is a tale that will make readers rethink how they relate to the great myths of our time.

"en hejdundrande äventyrsroman, 400 sidor att hungrigt glida igenom. Och detta trots att man sedan årtusenden vet hur det hela slutar." Expressen"... en litterär begivenhet som bör sälla sig till vår tids klassiker." SvDKirke är den första häxan i litteraturen. En kvinna med mer makt än vad samhället ansåg lämpligt. Hon var gudinnan som förförde Odysseus med trollformler och förvandlade hans manskap till svin. Madeline Miller lyfter ut Kirke ur Odysséen och ger henne en egen bok – som blir något så ovanligt som en kvinnlig äventyrsberättelse. Det är en kraftfull och tidlös saga för vuxna, om en kvinnas kamp för överlevnad och frihet.

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett

“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller’s thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War. 

A 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. 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.

"en hejdundrande äventyrsroman, 400 sidor att hungrigt glida igenom. Och detta trots att man sedan årtusenden vet hur det hela slutar." Expressen"... en litterär begivenhet som bör sälla sig till vår tids klassiker." SvDKirke är den första häxan i litteraturen. En kvinna med mer makt än vad samhället ansåg lämpligt. Hon var gudinnan som förförde Odysseus med trollformler och förvandlade hans manskap till svin. Madeline Miller lyfter ut Kirke ur Odysséen och ger henne en egen bok – som blir något så ovanligt som en kvinnlig äventyrsberättelse. Det är en kraftfull och tidlös saga för vuxna, om en kvinnas kamp för överlevnad och frihet.

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett

“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma Donoghue, author of Room, referring to The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller’s thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War. A 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. 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.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

An enchanting short story from Madeline Miller that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion, now in hardcover for the first time

**A small hardcover 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. After marrying her, 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, Galatea 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 . . . 

An enchanting short story from Madeline Miller that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion, now in audio for the first time

**Performed by Ruth Wilson and featuring an 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. After marrying her, 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, Galatea 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 . . .With a spellbinding performance by Ruth Wilson (His Dark Materials,The Affair), step back into Madeline Miller''s mythic world.

A brilliant new short story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Madeline Millerher first new work of fiction since the publication of Circethat vibrantly reimagines the powerful and forgotten myth of Mestra.

A cursed father, a gifted daughterMestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is granted a unique gift by Poseidon: The ability to transform herself into any being she can imagine.

Her father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter, he is in possession of an unnatural, insatiable hunger. Devoted Mestra suggests using her new gift to help her father. But if his hunger is bottomless, how much will he take from her? Soon she must decide: Will she keep helping her father survive or finally break free?

A jewel-like tale of human fallibility, and her first new work of fiction since the publication of Circe, Mestra confirms Madeline Miller as our high priestess of mythology.

This #1 New York Times bestseller brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey, as she discovers her own power, forges her identity, and challenges the gods who seek to control her. "[A] bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story." —The New York Times

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child—not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power—the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.

Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.

But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love.

With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, Washington Post, People, Time, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Newsweek, A.V. Club, Christian Science Monitor, Refinery 29, Buzzfeed, Paste, Audible, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Thrillist, NYPL, Self, Real Simple, Goodreads, Boston Globe, Electric Literature, BookPage, Guardian, Book Riot, Seattle Times, and Business Insider.