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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...
- Binding Paperback
- Author/s Miller, Madeline
- ISBN13 9781526652065
- ISBN10 1526652064
- Pages 64
- Published 2022
- Language English
Galatea: A short story
- Author Madeline Miller
- Publisher BLOOMSBURY
- ISBN 9781526652065
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