Circe
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2018. First edition, first printing. Publisher's black boards, spine title stamped in gilt, in Will Staehle dust jacket ($27.00). Slight press to spine head, light shelf wear, still fine, in fine dust jacket with gently rubbed corners, short closed tear bottom edge, in mylar cover. Item #242087
NOT ONLY ODYSSEUS'S LOVER
Many encounter Circe for the first time as the witch turning men into pigs in The Odyssey, but Madeline Miller crafts an enriched inner world for the sorceress in this first edition of Circe, shortlisted for the 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction. In her re-imagination of the Greek myth, Miller's highly psychological approach traces Circe's transformation from an unloved, powerless goddess to a woman with immense skill in herbal witchcraft who tumbles with heroes and gods.
Price: $125.00