Elias recenserade The Song of Achilles av Madeline Miller
My heart
5 stjärnor
I am absolutely sobbing, which I expected. Heartfelt and tragic, as it should be.
354 sidor
På Swedish
Publicerades 2022 av Wahlström & Widstrand.
Sången om Akilles
This is the story of the seige of Troy from the perspective of Achilles best-friend Patroclus. Although Patroclus is outcast from his home for disappointing his father he manages to be the only mortal who can keep up with the half-God Archilles. Even though many will know the facts behind the story the telling is fresh and engaging.
This is the story of the seige of Troy from the perspective of Achilles best-friend Patroclus. Although Patroclus is outcast from his home for disappointing his father he manages to be the only mortal who can keep up with the half-God Archilles. Even though many will know the facts behind the story the telling is fresh and engaging.
Björn recenserade The song of Achilles av Madeline Miller (Bloomsbury modern classics)
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3 stjärnor
Pretty early on I get a song in my head. Not "Achilles Last Stand" or "Temporary Like Achilles" or "Tales of Brave Ulysses", but Regina Spektor's "Samson". The idea of love redeeming a tragic hero simply by making him strong enough to leave herodom behind.
And the history books forgot about us
And the Bible didn't mention us
Not even once
It has its flaws, for sure. I'm not a big fan of the way it first lets us follow Patroclus fall in love with every aspect of Achilles and who he is - and doing it quite well, for a myth riff - only to then fast-forward through 9 years of siege and daily slaughter to the final act we know must come with Achilles just making the occasional cameo. It feels like the first half and the second don't quite mesh. But when it's good, it's …
Pretty early on I get a song in my head. Not "Achilles Last Stand" or "Temporary Like Achilles" or "Tales of Brave Ulysses", but Regina Spektor's "Samson". The idea of love redeeming a tragic hero simply by making him strong enough to leave herodom behind.
And the history books forgot about us
And the Bible didn't mention us
Not even once
It has its flaws, for sure. I'm not a big fan of the way it first lets us follow Patroclus fall in love with every aspect of Achilles and who he is - and doing it quite well, for a myth riff - only to then fast-forward through 9 years of siege and daily slaughter to the final act we know must come with Achilles just making the occasional cameo. It feels like the first half and the second don't quite mesh. But when it's good, it's really good, the hopeless idea of trying to protect the one you love from who they are or think they must be, the wish of NOT being the hero. There's a reason tragedies live on. Return to Ithaca it ain't, but it gets the job done.
