The Sunday Times bestselling seductive retelling of the classic myth from award-winning author Caro De Robertis

WINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDEN POPPY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER AWARD

'A brilliant and luminous writer' Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe

'Riveting, sublime, magical, and wildly subversive' Cristina_García, author of Dreaming in Cuban

'A natural storyteller' Washington Post

Theirs was a love that defied the gods... Eros, daughter to the goddess Aphrodite, has the ability to change her gender at will, much to the displeasure of Zeus. When Psyche is sacrificed by her parents to a ''monstrous husband'' to appease Aphrodite''s envy at her beauty, she discovers that her husband is in fact female - but her initial trepidation is soon replaced with joy when the two fall deeply in love and Eros teaches her what passion truly means. Eros only visits her new bride under cover of darkness and will not permit her face to be seen. Overwhelmed by love, lust and curiosity, Psyche is tempted to break her vow and sneak a look by lamplight... A gloriously anarchic and seductive retelling of the myth of Psyche and Eros, this is Carolina De Robertis'' masterpiece: groundbreaking, gender-fluid and hugely enjoyable.

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Caro De Robertis, a Uruguayan-American writer born in the UK, is the author of five previous novels including CANTORAS and THE GODS OF TANGO. In 2022, they received the Dos Passos Prize, awarded annually to an American author who "experiments with form, explores a range of voices and deserves more recognition". De Robertis is an associate professor at San Francisco State University, and lives in Oakland, California with their two children.

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WINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDEN POPPY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER AWARD

'A brilliant and luminous writer' Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achillesand Circe

'Riveting, sublime, magical, and wildly subversive' CristinäGarcía, author of Dreaming in Cuban

'A natural storyteller' Washington Post Theirs was a love that defied the gods... Beautiful, headstrong Psyche has captured the eye of every suitor - but also the jealous gaze of Aphrodite. When she is tied to a rock to be sacrificed to a 'monstrous husband', no monster arrives: instead, she is spirited away by Aphrodite's daughter Eros.

Eros, goddess of desire, can change gender at will. In her hidden palace, she visits Psyche under a cloak of darkness, unable to reveal her face. As they discover new pleasures together, Psyche is tempted to break her vow not to look...

Gloriously anarchic and seductive, Caro De Robertis' gender-fluid retelling of this classic myth is a masterpiece.

GLOWING READER REVIEWS

'A beautiful story about the power of autonomy'

'Heart-wrenching, hard-hitting, beautifully written, sumptuous, poetic, romantic, and (because Eros is the goddess of desire) utterly scorching in places'

'A gorgeous retelling, and one I will no doubt read again!

'Overall, stunning prose, incredible chemistry, gorgeous characters, just a beauty of a retelling!'

'I cannot tell you how much I loved this, there will never be enough words to describe how much I enjoyed the experience of reading this (and believe me there were many tears involved)'

The Palace of Eros was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 19/08/24