![]() ![]() A free woman, the author seems to be saying, must be willing to forsake the trappings of birthright and rank in order to claim her destiny, whether thousands of years ago or today.” ― O Magazine Miller has created a daring feminist take on a classic narrative although the setting is a mystical world of gods, monsters, and nymphs, the protagonist at its heart is like any of us. in Miller’s conception, Circe is the hero of her own epic. In the story that dawns from Miller’s rosy fingers, the fate that awaits Circe is at once divine and mortal, impossibility strange and yet entirely human.” ― Washington Post, Click here for full review. The feminist light she shines on these events never distorts their original shape it only illuminates details we hadn’t noticed before. One of the most amazing qualities of this novel : We know how everything here turns out - we’ve known it for thousands of years - and yet in Miller’s lush reimagining, the story feels harrowing and unexpected. The ancient stories and characters are reshaped by truths that modern women can finally speak about sisterhood and sexism, rape and rage, and most exquisitely, motherhood.” ― People In prose of dreamlike simplicity, she reimagines the myth of Circe, the sun god’s unloved daughter who went on to invent witchcraft and enchant Homer’s Odysseus. Miller’s spell builds slowly, but by the last page you’ll be in awe. “Think a novel based on Greek mythology isn’t for you? Just wait. This is both a fabulous novel and a fascinating retelling the best compliment, perhaps, that any myth could hope for.” ― Daily Telegraph But Circe is also a brilliantly strange work of mythic science fiction, as effortlessly expressive within the palaces of gods as it is about the world below. Readers who know the source stories already will delight in the craft of Miller’s quietly revisionist amendments to these well-worn tales. A compelling and engagingly feminist piece of ancient fantasy. Bestowing modern feminist mores on classical texts may seem unwise, but its marvelous to see this Circe emerge through the haze, sympathetic and ringing true to 21st-century motivations. Circe is poised to become the literary sensation of the summer, as much for the quality of its writing as its timeliness.” ― Sunday Times The character of Circe only occupies a few dozen lines of, but Miller extracts worlds of meaning from Homer's short phrases.” ― NPR.org, Click here for full review. “Miller's lush, gold-lit novel - told from the perspective of the witch whose name in Greek has echoes of a hawk and a weaver's shuttle - paints another picture: of a fierce goddess who, yes, turns men into pigs, but only because they deserve it. “A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess’s story that manages to be both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right.” ― The New York Times, Click here for full profile. ![]() ![]() 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.Ĭirce is currently being adapted for television series by HBO Max.įind Circe at your local bookstore, or online: Bookshop Amazon Barnes and Noble IndieBound 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. 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.īut 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. ![]() 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. But Circe is a strange child-not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. "An epic spanning thousands of years that's also a keep-you-up-all-night page turner." - Ann Patchett ![]()
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