Madeline Miller
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This event is being presented virtually.
Madeline Miller’s first novel and New York Times bestseller, The Song of Achilles, was awarded the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction. Her second novel, Circe, also a New York Times bestseller, won the Indies Choice Best Adult Fiction of the Year Award as well as being shortlisted for the 2019 Women’s Prize for Fiction.
The goddess Circe is infamous for turning Odysseus’ men into pigs, but is isn’t her divinity that gives her power, it’s witchcraft. Miller will talk about ancient witchcraft, what makes a witch, and the long literary history of these powerful women from ancient Rome to Shakespeare to Oz, and modern day.
With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language, and page-turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world. Circe is currently being adapted for television series by HBO Max.
The program will include a live question and answer session at the end of the presentation.
Learn more about Madeline Miller at madelinemiller.com.
Miller’s appearance is made possible with technology assistance from L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library.
