Madeline Miller Circe Book

This is a story of love and loss, of determination and tireless struggle. You will see the Greek pantheon through the eyes of Circe, a cunning sorceress, a cunning beauty and a seductress. But it is also the story of a woman struggling to find her place in a man's world, because sometimes there is another, deeper story hidden beneath the familiar surface. Circe, daughter of the sun god Helios, was unusual even by the standards of the gods - with rare sorcerous powers that could turn the world upside down. Even Zeus felt threatened by her, so he sent the girl to a desert island. Now Circea is an exile who further perfects her magic. In her life appear the famous Daedalus with Icarus, the Minotaur, Medea and the legendary Odysseus. But in the end Circe realizes that she is alone - among gods and mortals alike. A cruel fate awaits her, so she must decide once and for all whether she belongs to the gods, from whom she was born, or to the mortals she has come to love most of all.

Number of pages: 400.