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The 2012 orange prize for fiction winner the gods drove me from my nest at a young age, and i couldn't object
i was a weak, incompetent, faint child.
i couldn't find words, i was a murderer on the bottom.
i would only know what it's like to be alone, to be defeated.
and how the good fortune of another sinks like a thorn, when you are defeated like this.
but my destiny weave had not ended yet. My departure was to kneel next to aristos achaion, under the sun of his beauty. I had been defeated, but who would be ashamed to be defeated in front of such beauty? In our stories, he is referred to as our best, our hero, our strongest.
according to our stories, the reason for this is the divine blood flowing in their veins. Our stories are told by the elderly around the fire, they talk about heroes, but heroes never get old. In our stories, it is described that the battle was won by the brave akhas.
our stories don't tell the truth.
there is no winner in the war. Time passes, the constellations keep turning above us, the sun and the moon follow their usual paths tirelessly, and we, we are devastated, we are separated from our loved ones, the song that makes our love tremble is in our ears, we rest restless where we fell. Madeline miller, the author of ben, kirke, tells the epic of kings, gods, and warriors in akhilleus's song, about the semi-god akhilleus who gave up his life for his glory, his companion patroklos, and the trojan war, from the perspective of two lovers. Madeline miller manages to convince us that these two young men exist not in legends, but in reality, by conveying their stunning and passionate love with the simple and subtle language of homer's gripping saga. In this way, he enriches their names and this story, which has been told for 3000 years, and passes it on to the next generation.
“ –mary doria russell, author of the sparrow “an engrossing retelling of the events of the iliad and before, from the perspective of patroclus
A book that is difficult to put down, lovers of classic works will especially be fascinated by the wild side of the goddess thetis character and the antique period breeze. "donna tartt, the author of ""the song of akhilleus"", presents the iliad epic with such a realistic historical and fantastic narrative that you have never read before."
” –instinct magazine product name: akhilleus's song product code: 9786057762931 Author: madeline miller year of publication: 2021 cover type: paperback number of pages: 376 paper type: book paper translator: