Galatea (Hörbuch (Download))
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From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles and Circe, an enchanting short story that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion.
In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a...
In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a...
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From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles and Circe, an enchanting short story that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion.
In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece – the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen – the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own, and yearns for independence.
In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost...
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Praise for CIRCE
'A thrilling tour de force of imagination' Mail on Sunday
'A bold and subversive retelling' New York Times
'A novel to be gobbled greedily in one sitting' Observer
'A remarkable achievement' Sunday Times
In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece – the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen – the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own, and yearns for independence.
In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost...
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Praise for CIRCE
'A thrilling tour de force of imagination' Mail on Sunday
'A bold and subversive retelling' New York Times
'A novel to be gobbled greedily in one sitting' Observer
'A remarkable achievement' Sunday Times
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Madeline Miller
- 2023, ungekürzte Lesung, Spieldauer: 46 Minuten
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing
- ISBN-10: 1526665883
- ISBN-13: 9781526665881
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.06.2023
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- Dateiformat: MP3
- Größe: 26 MB
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Autoren-Porträt von Madeline Miller
Madeline Miller is the author of The Song of Achilles, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012, was shortlisted for the Stonewall Writer of the Year 2012, was an instant New York Times bestseller, and was translated into twenty-five languages. Madeline holds an MA in Classics from Brown University, and she taught Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students for over a decade. She has also studied at the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, and at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms. Her essays have appeared in publications including the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Lapham’s Quarterly and NPR.org. She lives outside Philadelphia. madelinemiller.com
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‘Wilson is excellently sinuous … Wilson brings out both the inherent comedy in this jeu d’esprit and Miller’s deadly serious exposition of power and control. Both writer and actor are impressive at capturing the overlap between menace and playfulness’
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