Madeline Miller - The Song of Achilles
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- Опубликовано: 12 апр 2012
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LONGLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012
Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear. 
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this is the woman who mended my heart, and then destroyed it again
But we still love her
Me too🥺
Ikr 🥺
She needs to write the Hades x Persephone love story and give us a trilogy
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Finished this like 20 mins ago. Cried. I need a movie. Loved this book so much
hannahbanana finished this like 3 months ago, too. still crying
Moi aussi. Just finished the book. NEED the movie.
I feel the same way. Read “Circe” first and loved it and fell even deeper in love with “The Song of Achilles.” Just finished it today - sadly. A magnificent book and I am jonesing for more of her work.
Josh Kolchins Me too! Read Circe first. Then Song of Achilles. Fell deeper in love.
Honey, i hope to become a director one day. And make your dream (a mine) come true. Cause fuck we need a movie !
By the time i finished it, I was sobbing. I cried through every page weather is was beautiful or tragic. There wasn't a single dull scene. Hands down, one of the best books ive ever read. Brilliant writing omg.
Well I finished the book yesterday. I have been crying since then. I'm happy to know that are people just like me! Side note: I love your photo, V 😍😍
I don't understand how there are people who rated this book 1-2 stars. Like seriously? Are you literary blind? Did you even use your brain to read the book? No, probably you did, but you don't have a heart to absorb the meaning, the passion and the love. This story made me cry. There are few books that could literally get me tear up like a baby. One of them is Palace of Illusion, which I finished before picking up TSOA and then I found myself biting my knuckle in tears again. Patrocus makes me fall in love. At first, I thought the story was a bit stoic at the beginning, but it is only because it starts with a father/son grim relationship and how the Greek culture was still new to me. But after the first chapter, I realized how much poetic and effortless the story flow even it's written in simple prose. I just couldn't stress how much I adore this book. I still read it until today. I keep the book by my side, so I could revisit the love and passion between Achilles and Patrocus. I cried for him, I cried for Briseis and even for Achilles although he's cocky and self-centered, but he has his reason we can relate to. Every thing in this book is a masterpiece.
I'm agree
I liked the book but gave it two stars because compared to the Achilles of the Illiad, Miller’s character is a goody two shoes and I can’t stand that. Plato’s brief description of Achilles in The Republic made me curious about him and that is why I picked both Homer and Miller up. But as much as I loved all the romance and heartbreak the characters were flat and uninteresting.
And look where it is now, 😍😍
Plot twist, they didnt even read it
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How were they flat and uninteresting, I genuinely don't understand, Patroclus and Achilles are so compelling
this book is 9 years old and i can see multiple generations crying about it
I have not read it 😢 i will go to bookstore and begin immediately
She's so cute! What do the other commentors mean she 'doesnt look like the type to write such a powerful book?/ looks like a little girl' wtf, the quality of a book doesnt depend on writers appearance or anything at all...
But the novel was so fantastic. The ending is so memorable and beautiful, really made a place in my heart. And yes this book has made me want to know more about Homer's Illiad.
It's probably misogyny. People think that women can't possibly be smart and eloquent if they're pretty, white and able bodied.
wow you sure look smiley considering you just ripped my heart out of my chest and then stabbed it a dozen or so times!!!!!!
I just read the book yesterday and I'm still crying
this book is so perfect
CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE BOOK! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
When I heard of that book I saw that everyone cried over it. In the first chapters or even at the time when they were living with Chiron I was very disappointed that I haven't cried yet. Then Patroclus' death and I literally sobbed for 10 minutes straight. Along with they ending when Thetis helps Patroclus meet Achilles in the underworld.
i cried throughout the last 40 pages 😭
when she helped him go through the underworld i was sobbing waterfalls. Thetis the one that all of us disliked or despised from the start. She helped Patroclus and Achilles be together through death. That’s just hits so hard
@@emma_spiral_e5176 I really love the ending so much. Was such a beautiful book!
@@azuraii5238 It really was I won’t ever forget it
The last scene. The last paragraph.
It was so sad but really beautiful too, I couldn't whether I felt miserable or glad that they were finally together. Perhaps both. I love them so much
I hate crying, and I rarely cry. But this book, ho my, I cried the whole night, I cried until I get a really bad headache. And the feeling this book gives it last for weeks. It's been months since I read The song of Achilles, but still I have that lingering feeling, if I think about Patroclus and Achilles right now, I will end up crying.
The way she write this book makes me feel like both Achilles and Patroclus are my close friends whom I loved and know for a very long time and whom I don't want to loose.
I don't read any other book for a week because I keep on thinking about this two, sometimes crying, that's how much this book affected me.
Love it, if I can I will give 1000+ starts to this book ❤
Yes! You have the same feeling as falling in love or something. So moving.
Madeline Miller literally is the embodiment of a fangirl - and this makes me so happy - she's amazing! Impatiently waiting for 'Circe' which comes out 2018!! 😍😍😍
Let me just say, I’ve read Circe and it was really good. I love Miller because she’s so empathetic, she can write from the perspective of this small exile boy or an immortal goddess with seemingly no overlap in thought process or style. Her books are great, and if you haven’t read Circe by now, go do that and then come back and tell me.
She talks with so much passion, you can feel the cheering for the story in her voice. BIG FAN
Finished this book like 10 minutes ago and now I feel so sad and lonely
I feel exactly the same. I read it yesterday. I'm feeling so empty...
I cried for 4 painful hours when finishing this book. I have never seen anything like it. Part of me wants to go back to it year after year, to relive the love and passion, but part of me worries that the continuous trauma of getting broken after mending my heart with this book will be too much to ever come back from. Thank you Ms Miller
you r the one who made me cry for hours. ARE U HAPPY? ARE U HAPPY, WOMAN?
I finished the book an hour ago, yet i can't stop crying over the masterpiece of poetry this beautifully talented woman has created.
The most intelligent writer ever, thanks for making a book about the love story between Patroclus and Achilles. I also loved Circe. 💕
This book ripped my heart out. I will never recover or stop crying:(
I really hope that this novel is made into a film!
I cried legit 14 times and I am just at chapter 13?????
I finished this book in two days and I was just bawling and crying by the time I finished. It is truly one of the most beautiful books I've ever read and I wish I could have more of it ^-^ Patroclus and Achilles forever!!!! :DDDD
I finished it in one day and ended up sobbing uncontrollably
Finished reading it yesterday for the first yesterday. Needless to say, it has become my favorite book. I flew through this masterpiece. No page was boring, unnecessary, too much. Everything calculated, precised, meant to serve a purpose and to pass emotion, messages. I love the dimension of Patroclus’ character. Absolutely amazing. I loved everything. I am still reflecting upon it but this book will forever be by my side. I can’t wait to re read it and cry myself to sleep.
If this book were to be a movie.... would be a fucking sensation. 10/5 stars. Best book in my almost 20 years of life. It will be hard for another book to come near what I felt about this one and during its reading.
When I bought The Song of Achilles, I also purchased Circe so I will be reading it soon enough.
I will follow this brilliant and genius author’s work in the future.
Yo, is circe good? I need something to fill this empty hole in my heart
She doesn’t know how much I loved her book and how it brought me back to loving Greek mythology from my childhood
Finished the book about 15 minutes ago and I am definitely so excited to go pick up the Iliad and read that as well so mission accomplished Madeline Miller 2:35
I’ve been crying for hours after this book ending... just here to wean myself back to life without this masterpiece
😍😍😍😍 This woman is a true genius
will it become a movie or what cuz we need a movie
i have finished this book in 1 day it was so awsome and it needs a movie to make it more epic
dude i've never formed a crush so fast weirdly she gives pam beesely vibes and like the awkward passion im literally melting
I love Miller so much! After reading the The Song of Achilles, I purchased a copy of Circe! I am in awe at how she tells the story, the words and her way of twisting it. Every now and then, I'd reread the two books to feel something. I'm waiting for her retelling of Persephone now. Miller got me so hooked on Greek myth, I now read the Iliad before I sleep. haha
This book broke me. Broke me. Only one of two books to have ever done that.
movie please, for the love of God, make a movie please
The ending was heartbreaking and beautiful, I still can't get over it
This was an amazing book
my desk is very thoroughly moisturised by all thE TEARS I SHED AS I READ THE FINAL CHAPTERS WITH AN INHUMAN SPEED
Hope you're happy with yourself, Miller. This book broke me
She's such an amazing author, tsoa was so well-written and moving and it's definitely a favorite of mine :)
Everything from the writing style to the narrative is exceptional. Not only has it become my favourite book but it has been the only book to make me cry without the word "statistics" in it.
probably my comfort book and definitely my favorite one. ily.
I finished this book a couple of days ago and I can't stop thinking about it. I am surely checking out the Iliad now!
bye i finished this a couple weeks ago and i still cannot get over it i actually have never cried this much before because of a book
Just finished the book.. at least they got reunited at the end that made me cry so much! They have eternity so they can be happy for ever, thats so beautiful.
Just finished reading it, I loved it! I'm not sure that I've ever been so moved by a novel before. The characters are perfectly realised and the story is totally heart breaking! Really WONDERFUL!
one of the loveliest books
she is so pretty
Can't believe this video was a decade ago.
Madeline Miller your description of 'The Song of Achilles,' was beautiful. Your demeanor and voice is so warm and gentle like what you described of Patroclus. I stumbled upon this book when Bloomsbury (a company I love and use) for your new book Circe. Heading out to buy both of your books. Thank you for your insight and sharing your gift of writing with the world. I love Greek mythology.
She's the reason I can't sleep for days
Untill now I kept imaging Madeline miller as a old man ...idk why 😑
This is the only book that has made me cry since I was 12. It is by quite a distance my favorite book, and I would recommend it to just about anyone.
Finished this book yesterday :( I AM NOT OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really need a good tv show or movie showing Achilles and Patroclus's relationship as described by Madeline Miller. I watched Troy and it just made me mad by how they showed Patroclus and even Achilles.
I get that there are different theories about the type of relationship that these two had; but I think that it is about time that we see this particular depiction of them on screen.
This book moved me. I've read it 6 times! I can't seem to stop.
i just finished the story and i never thought i would love a book so much
She really did well in making this beautiful masterpiece. I just finished it yesterday and it was WOW utterly beautiful and lyrical ...nothing can change mu opinion on this. Thank you Ms. Madeline
Hi Ms. Madeline,
Thank you for hurting me this much.
I am still in tears few days after finishing the book, or lets say after the book finished me.
The book is incredible. She is incredible!
I came upon this interview by way of wanting to know the correct pronunciation of Patroclus. As with all things, one thing lead to another --- now here I am. Wow!
Aww she seems like such a beautiful and down to earth person. Makes sense for such a wonderful author ❤
I literally just finished it and I’m crying my eyes out
this book destroyed me, it's one of my favourite book. now i'm reading circe and it's awesome! madeline miller is a great writer, i hope she'll write more in the future because she's soo talented and her books always make me emotional. sorry for the mistakes, love from italy 💕💕
My favorite book ever!!
madeline, just finished this book a few days ago and i cant stop thinking about it, i absolutely loved thw way it was written, the way i always wanted to know more about them even tho i knew their tragic ending, the way i can see sides of them that unfortunately got lost by mistakes and tragedy but also their love and human selfishness and proud and ugh!!! loved it
i finished this story yesterday and i was balling my eyes out hahaha
i love this story and i absolutely need it from achilles perspective or a movie
*100% my favourite book!!!*
so, even though i didn’t go into this book completely uninitiated on the classics and the iliad particularly (as i’ve taken two semesters of an introduction to classical studies class), it definitely made me want to go back and finish reading it from where i left it! definitely a moving story
I didn't know nothing about last week when my friend told me that book is very good. I bought and I love it. Good writing.
Just finished the book and girl I was SOBBINGGGGG
just finished it i’m crying forever
Amazing Author. Thanks so much for your book!
I love so much The Song of Achilles ❤
Her eyes have sparkles.
read the book half hour ago and now I can't function without thinking about Patroclus and Achilles
I finished the book yesterday I cried so much love this 😢
A real joy to read. The story stayed with me for days ... Thank you for this gem of a book, Ms. Madeline.
I have yet to read this book but I have read Circe from this author. She is a wordsmith through and through, many have the ability to write but few have the ability to weave words and taught like Madaline Miller.
i appreciate the little bit of happiness at the end though
Haven't even read this book and I'm crying!
okey but I just love how excited and happy she looks talking about this^-^
loved this book
Best mythology book I have ever read so far
I just bought the book, I want to read it now but I've got to wait for it's arrival.
Good book. Should be a movie with a good cast, like the "Troy" of 2004. I should read it again, for second time to refresh my opinion about Achilles and Patroclus friendship.
+Stelios Christakis yeah..."friendship"
+Emma Honkola As you first read it in Iliad, you can get the idea of friendship. In Ancient Greece, in Spartan societies also in other military societies, men used to have friendships into army and not to have sexual relationships. That's why you can read the book, especially Iliad, with a poetic view of friendship like Spartan society. Their partner - fellow used to be also their best friends in battle, not their sex lovers, as it used to be in the gay society of today.
+Stelios Christakis I am merely reminding those who are reading the comments that although the original Iliad was not obviously a love story (though there have been theories), rereading The Song of Achilles would not be refreshing your opinion on a friendship, it would be refreshing your opinion on a loving relationship. I understand what you say about The Iliad, but I am only referring to The Song of Achilles on it's one.
troy (2004) was so inaccurate. they made achilles and patroclus cousins ffs.
I just finished the book and I would say it was the best Ive read in 2020, definitely want to read the iliad now ❤️
Achilles and Patroclus forever😍😍
The Queen herself
nice... and we will see on Film
good
i think the last time i cried this hard might have been when i read snape's backstory when i was like, eleven
Not me shedding tears while watching this
I just finished it and I cried 12 or so times but I love the book but now I want to know more about this myth so going to go do that
Wow I thought I was ready, but even the last 30 seconds of this *press interview* set me off with the waterworks. Pretty sure I can never read the book again, which is a shame.
i lovEd d novEl so much i'vE startEd rEading it again.
itz just awEsom.. complEtEd it in 5 dayz. i cudn put d damn book down. i just wantEd to rEad it nd rEad it.. itz rEally amazing. i 2 hopE it iz madE into a film soon. d dEath of patroclus was rEally sad. d Emotionz r wEl dEscribEd.
itz d first loVE story i'vE rEad nd itz d bEst i can say. but rEally hatz off to d author. i appEriciatE d Effort.
i lovEd achillEs from d momEnt i saw him in troy.
m totally influEncEd by d illiad.
I love her :') ♡
wow I still love her :’) ♡
Te amo,gracias por hacer un libro tan hermoso
layer 2 when
naktigonois if u somehow find this msg ur voice is really nice and music u made is good too
literally just finished this book and i feel soooo empty, what an amazing book
Literally same
Excellent stuff. Moving. Intelligent. Fun. And tragic. (I have spent 25 years in classical archaeology and never read a novel like it). Can´t wait to order "Circe".
amyone else here 11 years later🌝
and congratulations i never felt particularly inclined to read homer even though i liked greek myths because i thought the language would be tough but now i feel like i'm going to die if i don't read it so i guess homer will be smiling at you from the afterlife. shame it took KILLING ME INSIDE TO ACHIEVE HIS APPROVAL
tuve que leerlo en pdf porque es imposible conseguir el libro en español. sólo espero algún día tener la oportunidad de sostener esta maravillosa obra en mis manos.
Spoiler:
Honestly, the fact that I cried even after I know one of them will die hits really hard.
Because when someone spoils a major plot twist or anything big in general, I just grew uninterested and stuff--like the thrill isn't there anymore. So on the first few pages, I was really expecting my reading experience will flop but ohgod-- the last fucking chapters made me cry like a bitch. Holy shit. I don't cry, I rarely do when it comes to books, but fucking hell this just made me sob at 3am
I heard the song and I freakin loved it Im getting this book asap bye
ps: I already ship them.
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