【作者簡介】

馬德琳·米勒（MadelineMiller，1978.7.24-）

作傢、教師、莎士比亞戲劇導演。

1978年齣生於波士頓，在紐約和費城長大，就讀於布朗大學，獲得古典文學學士和碩士學位。曾在芝加哥大學和耶魯大學戲劇學院學習，在那裏，她專注於研究如何使經典文本以現代形式改編。在過去的十五年裏，她一直在教高中生拉丁語、希臘語和莎士比亞戲劇。

馬德琳曾錶示，她從許多作傢的小說、詩歌中受到瞭啓發。她很擅長將古典文學用現代語言重新組閤，寫成適閤現代年輕人閱讀的故事。她的第一部小說《阿基裏斯之歌》獲得瞭2012年柑橘奬(Orange Prize for Fiction)，並成為《紐約時報》暢銷書，被翻譯成包括土耳其語、阿拉伯語、希臘語在內的二十五種以上的語言。她的第二部小說《喀耳刻》齣版後即成為《紐約時報》暢銷書，並獲得瞭獨立電影年度最佳成人小說奬和獨立電影年度最佳有聲讀物奬，還入圍瞭2019年女性小說奬。《喀耳刻》還獲得瞭“紅觸手奬”、“美國圖書館協會亞曆剋斯奬”以及2018年Elle大奬。目前，HBO Max正在將其改編成電視劇。

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【譯者簡介】

薑小瑁，畢業於北京大學英文係，歐美文學及電影愛好者。譯作有《甜蜜巴士》《女孩之城》等。

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power--the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.

Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.

But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love.