Galatea: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

by Madeline Miller

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, Galatea is expected to be obedience and humility personified, but it is not long before she learns to use her beauty as a form of manipulation.

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...

From the Orange Prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles, this short story is a dazzling retelling of the myth of Galatea.

• ISBN10: 1408848147
• ISBN13: 9781408848142
• Publish Date: 4 July 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Imprint: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 20
• Language: English
• URL: http://bloomsbury.com/

Reviews

[jamiereadthis]

To be only 32 pages, I underlined about every sentence. It’s perfect in short form, just like Circe is perfect in long form. What a book to start off the year.