Circe

A beautiful story of Circe, a witch from Aeaea, a minor goddess in Greek Mythology. She is the most known for the epic poem Odyssey, written by Homer. Circe at first turns the Odysseus’ crew into swine, and then Odysseus, with his crew, lives for a year on her island before he returns home to his wife Penelope on Ithaca.

The story begins in her parents’ house and continues on Aeaea. We learn about her family, Helios, her siblings, Glaucus, Scylla, Minotaur, Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, and others. The novel tells a story from Circe’s point of view, and I like that she is presented as an ordinary person with feelings and flaws. I recommend Circe to readers who like retellings and mythology, especially Greek mythology.

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Details:

• author: Madeline Miller
  
• full title: Circe
• genre: general fiction
• format/type: bookfiction
• topics: #retelling, #greekmythology
  
• publisher: Little, Brown and Company
  
• publish date: 10.04.2018
  
• pages: 393
  

Literary Prizes:

• Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Adult Literature (2019),
• ALA Alex Award (2019),
• Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2022),
• Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee (2019),
• The Kitschies for Red Tentacle (Best Novel) (2019)
• Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy (2018)

My Rating of the Book:

• content: 💙💙💙💙💙

 

He showed me his scars, and in return he let me pretend that I had none.

 

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About the Author:

Madeline Miller was born in Boston and grew up in New York City and Philadelphia. She attended Brown University, where she earned her BA and MA in Classics. For the last ten years she has been teaching and tutoring Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students. She has also studied at the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, and in the Dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms. She currently lives in Cambridge, MA, where she teaches and writes. The Song of Achilles is her first novel.