PALACE OF EROS EXAIIE PB

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Beschreibung

<p><strong>WINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDEN POPPY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER AWARD</strong></p><p><strong>'A brilliant and luminous writer' Madeline Miller, author of <em>The Song of Achilles</em>and <em>Circe</em></strong></p><p><strong>'Riveting, sublime, magical, and wildly subversive' CristinäGarcía, author of <em>Dreaming in Cuban</em></strong></p><p><strong>'A natural storyteller' <em>Washington Post</em></strong></p><strong>Theirs was a love that defied the gods...</strong><p>Beautiful, headstrong Psyche has captured the eye of every suitor - but also the jealous gaze of Aphrodite. When she is tied to a rock to be sacrificed to a 'monstrous husband', no monster arrives: instead, she is spirited away by Aphrodite's daughter Eros.</p><p>Eros, goddess of desire, can change gender at will. In her hidden palace, she visits Psyche under a cloak of darkness, unable to reveal her face. As they discover new pleasures together, Psyche is tempted to break her vow not to look...</p><p><strong>Gloriously anarchic and seductive, Caro De Robertis' gender-fluid retelling of this classic myth is a masterpiece.</strong></p><p><strong>GLOWING READER REVIEWS</strong></p><p><strong>'A beautiful story about the power of autonomy' </strong></p><p><strong>'Heart-wrenching, hard-hitting, beautifully written, sumptuous, poetic, romantic, and (because Eros is the goddess of desire) utterly scorching in places' </strong></p><p><strong>'A gorgeous retelling, and one I will no doubt read again! </strong></p><p><strong>'Overall, stunning prose, incredible chemistry, gorgeous characters, just a beauty of a retelling!' </strong></p><p><strong>'I cannot tell you how much I loved this, there will never be enough words to describe how much I enjoyed the experience of reading this (and believe me there were many tears involved)' </strong></p><p><em>The Palace of Eros was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 19/08/24</em></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780008643294

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

227 x 148 x 26 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Verlag / Hersteller

Harper Collins Publishers - UK Wholesale Acct