Madeline Miller was born in Boston and grew up in New York City and Philadelphia. She attended Brown University, where she earned her BA and MA in Classics. For the last ten years she has been teaching and tutoring Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students. She has also studied at the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought, and in the Dramaturgy department at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms. She currently lives in Cambridge, MA, where she teaches and writes. The Song of Achilles is her first novel.
Greece in the age of Heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia. Here he is nobody, just another unwanted boy living in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. Achilles, 'best of all the Greeks', is everything Patroclus is not - strong, beautiful, the child of a goddess - and by all rights their paths should never cross. Yet one day, Achilles takes the shamed prince under his wing and soon their tentative companionship gives way to a steadfast friendship. As they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something far deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel and deathly pale sea goddess with a hatred of mortals. Fate is never far from the heels of Achilles. When word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, the men of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Profoundly moving and breathtakingly original, this rendering of the epic Trojan War is a dazzling feat of the imagination, a devastating love story, and an almighty battle between gods and kings, peace and glory, immortal fame and the human heart.
[特洛伊的城垛,巴比伦城的宫殿,安提波利斯的河水,我三次诅咒塔那托斯的名讳。] 作为一个不太严肃的读者,在看希腊罗马历史时总会臆想阿克琉斯与帕特罗克罗斯,亚历山大与赫怀斯提昂,哈德里安与安提诺乌斯的生平或许是一出结构松散的三幕悲剧,在这其中悲剧的势必、突然与毁...
评分一千个读者就有一千个哈姆雷特,一千个作者也会有一千场特洛伊战争。 小时候读过关于阿基里斯的故事,罗马神话里的他是个战无不胜的英雄,他的母亲从小用一种特殊的药水为他洗澡,练就了他刀枪不入的神功,但因为母亲每次抓住他的脚,于是他的脚底板成了唯一的弱点,只要他立足...
评分关于伊利亚特的同人不少,这书得了2012 Orange Prize for Fiction,那就应该是同人中的佼佼者咯。作者专修希腊文拉丁文神马的,文字水准应该是阳春白雪,非我等所及的吧。 我看的是英文版。看了之后,石化了30分钟。这30分钟我就一个念头:晋江都排不上榜的故事,怎么得的奖?...
评分进入特洛伊战争后,小说的步调整个加快了,让人精神为之一振。但是这里发生了一件很恐怖的事:Achilles的性格大变。这真的是这整部小说中最糟糕的事。不是因为我不希望achilles转变,而是这个转变完全不合理。Miller给了我们解示:因为他被突如其来的胜利与荣耀所蒙蔽了。没错...
古典英雄式的同性愛其實是很動人的。最喜歡他們隱居的那段生活,Et in Arcadia ego,最美好的時光。
评分Tender is the night.
评分真·同人大手啊可以甜到牙疼也可以虐到内伤。Patroclus贯穿始终的痴汉独白自不必说Achilles那寥寥几句表白每次都是会心一击啊顿时整颗心化成一滩水•̩̩̩́ ˑ̫ •̩̩̩̀但看到一半就可以预料到悲情结局还是太残忍特洛伊开战之后满脑子想的都是步步逼近的虐虐虐,不管有多少变数多少借口他们命运如此又能怎样•̩̩̩́ ˑ̫ •̩̩̩̀ 有的描写用词简直太好•̩̩̩́ ˑ̫ •̩̩̩̀
评分我居然读完了!最后三分之一的战争部分要好得多,会很有冲动一直看下去,而且他们终于成了英雄(脑补着各种史诗般的画面)。作者的写法简直已经到了司马昭之心的地步,而且,出乎我的意料,还不是强强的类型,准确的说在前面三分之一除了血统我都没感觉出啥强大的地方来。总之作者想象得挺腻歪而且还没给个理由为啥,出于考据(I guess)还不得不包括了一些雷点,比如孩子她妈(我相当怀疑和Patroclus这段真的会有记录吗但是想不通作者会自己这么写)。我总觉得外国人太缺言情(包括耽美)了,所以一部严谨的同人小说不仅能收到欢迎,还能登上大雅之堂
评分仅从耽美同人的角度评价,的确是高手作品。史诗骨骼中剥离出抒情诗的血肉,多少个段落写飞了。
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