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內容簡介 ** 2012年柑橘獎得主****《阿基里斯之歌》作者**「讓人愛不釋手。在她精心編織出的世界裡，沒有任何一個安排是錯誤的」─英國衛報「這是一本很難讓人放下的書」─唐娜‧塔特，《金翅雀》作者眾多媒體2018必讀清單之一賽斯為太陽神的女兒，但出生時並沒有受到重視和喜愛，反而是被眾神拒之門外，賽斯只能找上凡人尋求安慰，並且發掘一種被禁止的力量，也就是巫術。當賽斯的巫術被眾神發現時，宙斯大怒，將她逐放到偏遠的愛亞島，雖然如此，但賽斯卻並非總是過著孤單的日子，眾神來來去去，信使赫米斯、工匠代達洛斯、伊薩卡島之王奧德修斯都曾經過愛亞島。賽斯雖是被逐放到愛亞島，遠離世界，但她的獨立卻也引來眾神、凡人的不滿，為了要保護她最親愛的事物，賽斯必須在眾神和凡人之間做出選擇。麥德琳‧米勒對於古典文學相當喜愛，也做了許多研究，這本小說是受到荷馬的著名史詩《奧德賽》啟發，寫下關於神和英雄、魔法和怪物、生存和改變的故事。A NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERCHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, I PAPER, SUNDAY EXPRESS, IRISH TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, AMAZON, AUDIBLE, BUZZFEED, REFINERY 29, WASHINGTON POST, BOSTON GLOBE, SEATTLE TIMES, TIME MAGAZINE, NEWSWEEK, PEOPLE, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, KIRKUS, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND GOODREADSIn the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child - not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. Scorned and rejected, Circe grows up in the shadows, at home in neither the world of gods or mortals. But Circe has a dark power of her own: witchcraft. When her gift threatens the gods, she is banished to the island of Aiaia where she hones her occult craft, casting spells, gathering strange herbs and taming wild beasts. Yet a woman who stands alone will never be left in peace for long - and among her island's guests is an unexpected visitor: the mortal Odysseus, for whom Circe will risk everything.So Circe sets forth her tale, a vivid, mesmerizing epic of family rivalry, love and loss - the defiant, inextinguishable song of woman burning hot and bright through the darkness of a man's world."
