Informationen zum Autor Madeline Miller is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of two novels: The Song of Achilles, which won the Orange Women's Prize for Fiction 2012, and Circe, which was short-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019. Her books have been translated into over thirty two languages. Miller holds an MA in Classics from Brown University, studied in the Dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms, and taught Latin, Greek, and Shakespeare to high school students for over a decade. Klappentext The daring and dazzling follow-up to THE SONG OF ACHILLES! which brilliantly reimagines the life of CIRCE! formidable sorceress of The Odyssey. With unforgettably vivid characters! mesmerizing language and page-turning suspense! CIRCE is 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.

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Madeline Miller is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of two novels: The Song of Achilles, which won the Orange Women’s Prize for Fiction 2012, and Circe, which was short-listed for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2019. Her books have been translated into over thirty two languages. Miller holds an MA in Classics from Brown University, studied in the Dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms, and taught Latin, Greek, and Shakespeare to high school students for over a decade.

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The daring and dazzling follow-up to THE SONG OF ACHILLES, which brilliantly reimagines the life of CIRCE, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey. With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language and page-turning suspense, CIRCE is 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.

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Winner of the 2019 Indie Choice Award
Shortlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction
Named one of the 'Best Books of 2018' by NPR, The Washington Post, Buzzfeed, People, Time, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, Newsweek, the A.V. Club, Christian Science Monitor, Southern Living, and Refinery 29.