Circe / Madeline Miller.

By:

Miller, Madeline, 1978- [aut]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019Copyright date: c. 2018Description: 336 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781526610140

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

813.6 23/swe
F

Summary: The captivating Sunday Times and New York Times number one bestseller by the Orange Prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles; `spellbinding ... a thrilling tour de force of the imagination' (Mail on Sunday) `Fabulous' Daily Telegraph `Blisteringly modern' The Times `Bold and sensuously written' Daily Mail `An airy delight' Observer God. Mortal. Daughter. Monster. Saviour. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Creator. Mother. Witch. Scorned, rejected and at last exiled from her father's house for her dark gifts, Circe arrives on the remote island of Aiaia with nothing but her wits and magic to help her. But there is danger for a solitary woman in the world, and Circe's independence and strange powers draw the wrath of men and gods alike. To protect what she holds dear, Circe must decide whether she belongs with the deities she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love. Complicated and wounded, gifted and passionate, Madeline Miller's captivating Circe steps out of myth and into the present as a heroine for our time, and all times.

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Holdings ( 2 )
Title notes ( 2 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Printed book	IES Arsta Fantasy	Fiction	F Mil (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		80064133816
Printed book	IES Halmstad Fantasy	Fiction	F Mil (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		097815266101401

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First published in Great Britain 2018

The captivating Sunday Times and New York Times number one bestseller by the Orange Prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles; `spellbinding ... a thrilling tour de force of the imagination' (Mail on Sunday) `Fabulous' Daily Telegraph `Blisteringly modern' The Times `Bold and sensuously written' Daily Mail `An airy delight' Observer God. Mortal. Daughter. Monster. Saviour. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Creator. Mother. Witch. Scorned, rejected and at last exiled from her father's house for her dark gifts, Circe arrives on the remote island of Aiaia with nothing but her wits and magic to help her. But there is danger for a solitary woman in the world, and Circe's independence and strange powers draw the wrath of men and gods alike. To protect what she holds dear, Circe must decide whether she belongs with the deities she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love. Complicated and wounded, gifted and passionate, Madeline Miller's captivating Circe steps out of myth and into the present as a heroine for our time, and all times.