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.
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På Italian
Publicerades 10 januari 2019 av Marsilio.
La canzone di Achille
Grecia, al tempo degli eroi. Patroclo, giovane e gracile principe, vive in esilio nel regno di Ftia, all’ombra del re Peleo e del suo figlio prediletto, il glorioso Achille. Achille “il migliore tra i greci” è così diverso da lui: forte, bellissimo, figlio di una dea. Eppure un giorno Achille prende il ragazzo maldestro sotto la propria ala e presto il loro incontro, mentre si allenano a diventare uomini esperti nell’arte della guerra, si trasforma in una salda amicizia, e perfino in qualcosa di più. Ma, come ben sappiamo, il destino è in agguato e presto i due giovani si troveranno a combattere sotto le mura di Troia.
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.
