{"product_id":"mestra-madeline-miller-9781037206122","title":"Mestra (Madeline Miller)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Achilles \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCirce \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a remarkable new short story \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA cursed father, a gifted daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is gifted a unique ability by Poseidon: metamorphosis into any being she can imagine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Her father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter, he is in possession of an unnatural, insatiable hunger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevoted Mestra suggests using her new gift to help her father. But if his hunger is bottomless, how much will he take from her? Soon she must decide: will she keep helping her father survive, or finally break free?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA jewel-like tale of human fallibility, \u003ci\u003eMestra\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Madeline Miller as our high priestess of mythology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eMadeline Miller is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012, was shortlisted for the Stonewall Writer of the Year 2012, was an instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, and was translated into twenty-five languages. Madeline holds an MA in Classics from Brown University, and she taught Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students for over a decade. She has also studied at the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought, and at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms. \u003ci\u003eHer\u003c\/i\u003e essays have appeared in publications including the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLapham's Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and NPR.org. She lives outside Philadelphia. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003emadelinemiller.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Hardback, Englisch, 80 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66025949954397,"sku":"K010818078","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1081807800001A.jpg?v=1790280503","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/mestra-madeline-miller-9781037206122","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}