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The feminist retelling bandwagon has been getting rather full of late, but Madeline Miller firmly holds her own amongst the growing throng. We enter a richly imagined world of Classical supernaturals, who are as bizarre, petty, outrageous, ireful, nasty and magnanimous as one could wish for. Miller has meticulously researched her source material, but she weaves it together into a fantasy realm that is playful and inventive, and brings the character of Circe to life in a profound way. This is not a hollow humanisation for the sake of humanisation, the character of Circe adds depths to the mythic messages, and is also eminently enjoyable to read.
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The international Number One bestseller from the author of The Song of Achilles, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE.
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child - not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. Scorned and rejected, Circe grows up in the shadows, at home in neither the world of gods or mortals. But Circe has a dark power of her own: witchcraft. When her gift threatens…
