Galatea: The instant Sunday Times bestseller

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He demands his wife’s meekness, devotion, beauty, and perfection, even as his own hair thins and belly fattens.

Miller has always enjoyed critical acclaim, winning the 2012 Orange Prize for “The Song of Achilles. However the mortal life sees her virtually imprisoned by a husband who seeks to control her and brands her mad after several attempts to flee.Galatea is a brutal and icy feminist spin on the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea told from the perspective of the statue, which can be read as a cautionary tale aimed at men who like their women to be ‘pure’, docile and mute: unless it comes in the guise of a tasty mottled cake, marble is cold and can weigh you down – just like a yearning for perfection can.

Madeline Miller was born in Boston and attended Brown University where she earned her BA and MA in Classics. Miller's ability to breathe new life into a well-known myth and infuse it with modern feminist sensibilities is truly commendable. a triumph"), Oprah Daily ("surreal, absurd, lucid, and wise"), Vanity Fair ("Broder [is] a genius and a sorceress"), and more! These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. THE MIND-BENDING CULT CLASSIC ABOUT A HOUSE THAT’S LARGER ON THE INSIDE THAN ON THE OUTSIDE • A masterpiece of horror and an astonishingly immersive, maze-like reading experience that redefines the boundaries of a novel.

Questo libro è un viaggio nella mente di una donna molto consapevole di essere stata creata col solo scopo di compiacere un uomo.

The people around her, the maids, and the doctors all seek to benefit something from her demise, too. If you’re looking for a beautifully-written retelling of a compelling Greek myth, I’d wholeheartedly recommend Galatea. The Luther actor Ruth Wilson is the narrator, elevating Miller’s luminous prose and conveying Galatea’s disgust at her husband’s physical demands and her realisation that, to be free, she must draw on her own considerable strength. We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed.First published in 2013, then included in xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths it is now receiving a stand-alone 2022 publication as a gorgeous little hardback volume.

Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). He prays for her transformation into a real person, but the story diverges from the traditional happily-ever-after narrative.

I really wish this story had been longer as I think it would have made an excellent book, as a short story I just didn’t feel like it had enough in it to really get me absorbed into the book like I have been with Miller’s full length books. Galatea is the sculptured statue of seemingly the most beautiful woman who is brought to life by the man who created and became obsessed with her. Galatea,” with its attractive midnight-blue cover and gold-embossed lettering, will look at home on many a BookTok bookshelf, where aesthetics are often a way into literature, and deep feeling a way through it. In the kind of gently placating tone a parent takes with a child, she narrates how she must first open her eyes “like a dewy fawn” before making “a little gasping noise of wonder and gratitude.