Madeline added that she likes the portrait of Demeter as vengeful mother, so perhaps we can expect this in her retelling of Persephone. In some versions of the story, she even purposefully destroyed the earth and held the world hostage until Zeus ordered her daughter returned. When Persephone’s mother, Demeter, discovered what had happened to her daughter, her grief was so great it blighted the soil, causing the first winter. In fact, some might argue he was less so.” Madeline adds: “in snatching Persephone Hades was no more villainous than any of those other ancient abductors (Zeus, Poseidon, Apollo, etc). In modern retellings of Greek myths, Hades has commonly been portrayed as evil or demonic, but as Madeline notes, this is absolutely not present in the ancient myths. One day while she was picking flowers with her companions, Hades burst from the earth in a golden chariot, seized the girl, and carried her off to his palace in the Underworld. Twitter as arrange a Speaking Engagement with Madeline Miller, Contact Christie Hinrichs of Authors Unbound at View Madeline’s Speaking Profile here.Even though we don’t know what the timeline for Madeline Miller’s next book looks like, what might Persephone be about? Madeline Miller’s take on the Persephone mythįortunately for fans eager to speculate what her next book might be about, Madeline Miller shared some of her thoughts on the myth of Persephone on her website all the way back in 2011.Īs Madeline explained, Persephone was the beautiful daughter of Zeus and the goddess of grain, Demeter. Instagram as madeline.e.miller (sometimes) They ship in the US and many places internationally as well.**įor US readers, you can visit Little, Brown and Company’s page for Circe, or Ecco’s page for The Song of Achilles. For UK readers, here is Bloomsbury’s page for Circe, for The Song of Achilles paperback, and for The Song of Achilles Modern Classics edition. I’m happy to include personalizations, quotes from the book, happy birthday messages, pretty much whatever! They are very friendly, and if you have any questions you can give them a call/email. Follow that link to order online, and in the comment box on the order form just write what you’d like me to say.
** If you are interested in ordering a signed and/or personalized copy of Circe or The Song of Achilles, I am very happy to do that! You can place an order through my wonderful local independent bookstore, Main Point Books. I do read everything, but right now I am months behind, so my apologies. Use the form below if you’d like to send me a note. I am also always delighted to hear from readers. If you are a teacher getting in touch about video-chatting with your class, I may be able to make that happen.
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