【作者简介】

马德琳·米勒（MadelineMiller，1978.7.24-）

作家、教师、莎士比亚戏剧导演。

1978年出生于波士顿，在纽约和费城长大，就读于布朗大学，获得古典文学学士和硕士学位。曾在芝加哥大学和耶鲁大学戏剧学院学习，在那里，她专注于研究如何使经典文本以现代形式改编。在过去的十五年里，她一直在教高中生拉丁语、希腊语和莎士比亚戏剧。

马德琳曾表示，她从许多作家的小说、诗歌中受到了启发。她很擅长将古典文学用现代语言重新组合，写成适合现代年轻人阅读的故事。她的第一部小说《阿基里斯之歌》获得了2012年柑橘奖(Orange Prize for Fiction)，并成为《纽约时报》畅销书，被翻译成包括土耳其语、阿拉伯语、希腊语在内的二十五种以上的语言。她的第二部小说《喀耳刻》出版后即成为《纽约时报》畅销书，并获得了独立电影年度最佳成人小说奖和独立电影年度最佳有声读物奖，还入围了2019年女性小说奖。《喀耳刻》还获得了“红触手奖”、“美国图书馆协会亚历克斯奖”以及2018年Elle大奖。目前，HBO Max正在将其改编成电视剧。

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【译者简介】

姜小瑁，毕业于北京大学英文系，欧美文学及电影爱好者。译作有《甜蜜巴士》《女孩之城》等。

In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power--the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.

Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.

But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love.