The Song of Achilles -- Madeline Miller, Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller

At once a scholar's homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art....A book I could not put down. --Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House

A thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War from the bestselling author of Circe

A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner, Miller's monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction's brightest lights--and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes.

Author: Madeline Miller
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 03/06/2012
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.41w x 1.25d
ISBN: 9780062060617

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 155136 / Song of Achilles

Award: Spectrum Awards - Winner
Award: Chautauqua Prize - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/15/2011 pg. 58
Publishers Weekly 11/07/2011 pg. 2
Library Journal 11/15/2011 pg. 67
Shelf Awareness 03/13/2012
New York Times Book Review 04/29/2012 pg. 18
Library Journal 06/01/2012 pg. 98
Publishers Weekly 11/14/2011
LJ Top 10 Book 12/01/2012 pg. 23
Shelf Awareness 12/28/2012
SLJ Best Adult Bks 4 Teens 12/01/2012 pg. 37