{"product_id":"circe","title":"Circe","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 Indie Choice Award \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e2019 Women's Prize for Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the 'Best Books of 2018' by \u003ci\u003eNPR, The Washington Post, Buzzfeed, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime, Amazon, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly, Bustle, Newsweek, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eA.V. Club, Christian Science Monitor, Southern Living, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRefinery 29. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Circe, ' [is] 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.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandra Alter, New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"One of the most amazing qualities of this novel [is]: 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 feminist light she shines on these events never distorts their original shape; it only illuminates details we hadn't noticed before.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRon Charles, Washington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[Miller] gives voice to Circe as a multifaceted and evolving character...'Circe' is very pleasurable to read, combining lively versions of familiar tales and snippets of other, related standards with a highly psychologized, redemptive and ultimately exculpatory account of the protagonist herself.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Messud, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"The story of Circe's entanglement with Odysseus lasts far beyond the narrative of \"The Odyssey,\" making for compelling material to revisit. But ultimately it's as a character that Circe stands apart....Through her elegant, psychologically acute prose, Miller gives us a rich female character who inhabits the spaces in between.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eColleen Abel, Minneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"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.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNPR.org \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"so vivid, so layered, you could get lost in it... Whether or not you think you like Greek Mythology, this is just great storytelling. It feels cinematic.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNPR's Here \u0026amp; Now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Spellbinding..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.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Miller's spell builds slowly, but by the last page you'll be in awe. In prose of dreamlike simplicity, she reimagines the myth of Circe.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeople\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Miller, with her academic bona fides and born instinct for storytelling, seamlessly grafts modern concepts of selfhood and independence to her mystical reveries of smoke and silver, nectar and bones.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This telling, in the sorceress's own words, is not the version we think we know.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times 'T Magazine' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Miller gives voice to a previously muted perspective in the classics, forging a great romance from the scraps left to us by the ancients.... \n\u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e is, instead, a romp, an airy delight, a novel to be gobbled greedily in a single sitting \n\u003cb\u003e.\"\u003c\/b\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAida Edemariam, Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmbitious in scope, \n\u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e is above all the chronicle of an outsider woman who uses her power and wits to protect herself and the people she loves, ultimately looking within to define herself. Readers will savor the message of standing against a hostile world and forging a new way.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A retelling of ancient Greek lore gives exhilarating voice to a witch... [Circe is] a sly, petulant, and finally commanding voice that narrates the entirety of Miller's dazzling second novel....Readers will relish following the puzzle of this unpromising daughter of the sun god Helios and his wife, Perse, who had negligible use for their child....Expect Miller's readership to mushroom like one of Circe's spells. Miller makes Homer pertinent to women facing 21st-century monsters.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"An epic spanning thousands of years that's also a keep-you-up-all-night page turner.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn Patchett, author of Commonwealth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"With lyric beauty of language and melancholy evocative of Keats' \"Ode on a Grecian Urn\", CIRCE asks all the big questions of existence while framing them in the life story of the famous goddess who had the magic of transformations. A veritable Who's Who of the gods of Olympus and the heroes of ancient Greece, Circe knows them all and we see them through her perceptive eyes. This is as close as you will ever come to entering the world of mythology as a participant. Stunning, touching, and unique.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret George, author of The Confessions of Young Nero\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Circe bears its own transformative magic, a power enabled by Miller's keen eye for beauty, adventure, and reinvention. Through the charms of a misfit heroine, the world of gods becomes stunningly alive, and the world of our own humanity--its questions, loves, and bonds--is illuminated. This book is an immense gift to anyone who reads to find their own bravery and quest.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAffinity Konar, author of Mischling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Madeline Miller, master storyteller, conjures Circe glowing and alive - and makes the Gods, nymphs and heroes of ancient Greece walk forth in all their armored splendor. Richly detailed and written with such breathtaking command of story, you will be held enchanted. A breathtaking novel.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Simonson, author of The Summer Before the War and Major Pettigrew's Last Stand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\" \n\u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e is the utterly captivating, exquisitely written, story of an ordinary, and extraordinary, woman's life\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEimear McBride, author of A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Written with power and grace, this enchanting, startling, gripping story casts a spell as strong and magical as any created by the sorceress Circe.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Doria Russell, author of Epitaph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Madeline Miller's re-imagining of the witch Circe from \n\u003ci\u003e The Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e makes for an intriguing, feminist adventure novel that is perfectly suited for the #TimesUp moment. Circe is also a smart read that has much to say about the long-term consequences of war and a culture that values violence and conquest over compassion and learning...Miller mines intriguing details from the original tale to imagine a rich backstory for Circe that allows readers to re-visit the world of Olympians and Titans in Greek mythology. From the court of the Titans, the reader meets Circe's parents, the god Helios and nymph Perse, and is introduced to a world of supernatural power players that is every bit as back-biting, gossip-filled and vicious as any episode of \n\u003ci\u003eHouse of Cards\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMay-Lee Chai, Dallas News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"'Circe' is a sentence-by-sentence miracle\";-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichigan Daily\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"In Madeline Miller's \"Circe\" - the gorgeous and gimlet-eyed follow-up to her Orange Prize-winning first novel, \"The Song of Achilles\" - the goddess is young and romantic enough at the start to feel a tiny bit let down that she's not shackled to a rock like her uncle, Prometheus, getting her liver pecked out each day.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Collins-Hughes, Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMadeline Miller \u003c\/b\u003eis the #1 \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of two novels: \n\u003ci\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Orange Women's Prize for Fiction 2012, and \n\u003ci\u003eCirce, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was \n\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eshort-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller is a \"bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story\" that brilliantly reimagines the life of Circe, formidable sorceress of The Odyssey (Alexandra Alter, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But 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. 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller -- named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, Amazon, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003ci\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, the A.V. 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