Galatea: A short story
Editorial BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Festland Spanien
- Verlag BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
- ISBN13 9781526652065
- ISBN10 1526652064
- Gegenstandsart Buch
- Buchseiten 64
- Jahr der Ausgabe 2022
- Sprache Englisch
- Bindung Taschenbuch
Abschnitte
Science Fiction / Horror / FantasieGalatea: A short story
Editorial BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Festland Spanien
Buch Details
From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles and Circe, an enchanting short story that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion.
**A small hardback edition featuring a new afterword 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, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own, and yearns for independence.
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...