Pieśń o Achillesie

Pieśń o Achillesie

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  • Create Date:2021-07-11 09:51:04
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  • Author:Madeline Miller
  • ISBN:8382155243
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Summary

Pod lśniącą zbroją bohatera kryje się człowiek z krwi i kości。
W historii Achillesa obok okrucieństwa i siły jest miejsce na miłość i poświęcenie。


Nad Achillesem, synem króla i pięknej nimfy, ciąży straszliwe fatum。 Tylko on może zapewnić Grecji wygraną w wyniszczającej wojnie。 Ale zwycięstwo dopełni się wtedy, kiedy zginie。

Zapowiedź tej tragedii nie opuszcza go ani na krok, lecz Achilles nie żyje w jej cieniu。 Jest najpiękniejszym, najsilniejszym i najbardziej utalentowanym synem Grecji, złotym dzieckiem, które z czasem przeistacza się w największego bohatera swoich czasów。

Patroklosowi brakuje tego wszystkiego, co ma Achilles。 Jest wygnańcem – dziwnym, słabym i nic nieznaczącym。 A jednak pewnego dnia między chłopcami zadzierzga się nić przyjaźni。。。

Kiedy po latach Grecję obiega wieść o porwaniu do Troi pięknej Heleny, Achilles, uwiedziony obietnicą nieśmiertelnej sławy, z innymi bohaterami gotuje się do walki。 Razem z nim rusza Patroklos。 Jeszcze nie wiedzą, że na polach pod Troją los upomni się o swoje – niezależnie od prób, które podejmą, aby go oszukać。

To opowieść o bogach, królach, nieśmiertelnej sławie i ludzkich uczuciach。

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Reviews

Haley

I got ¼ through it。 I DNF'd it。 I just couldn't take it。 Not for me。 I was really hoping I'd love it, I just couldn't。 I got ¼ through it。 I DNF'd it。 I just couldn't take it。 Not for me。 I was really hoping I'd love it, I just couldn't。 。。。more

Kenzy Paugh

This book was everything i could have ever hoped for。 It had a perfect mix of anything that a person could hope for in a book。 Sounding like a beautiful poem, the pages capture words perfectly。

Abigail Nolan

It was beautiful written and very accessible for people who many not know much of the story prior。 It brought me to tears more then once。 Also I devoured it and read it in only a day。

Grace

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 Spoiler warning!!"In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk。 Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun。"The ending had me sobbing like a five year old。 I knew it was coming but I still hurt so badly。 My heart hurts。 This book was so beautifully written。 The author knew what she was talking about when writing about the gods and about the war。 That is what I loved about it。 The writing was just so captivating。 I am Spoiler warning!!"In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk。 Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun。"The ending had me sobbing like a five year old。 I knew it was coming but I still hurt so badly。 My heart hurts。 This book was so beautifully written。 The author knew what she was talking about when writing about the gods and about the war。 That is what I loved about it。 The writing was just so captivating。 I am going to re read this book 1000%。 I dont usually re read books but this one is worth it。 I had to take such a long breather after this。 It hurt me so bad。 Please read this if you have the chance。 It was so beautiful 。。。more

Wika

4。5 Cudowna książka

Taiz

“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth。 I would know him in death, at the end of the world。 “The most heart wrenching book I’ve read this year 3

Abby Wheaton

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 One of my favorite books ever。 So beautiful。 The love the two main characters had for each other was insane。

PaigeElizabeth

Wow。 What a satisfying finish。 I will be honest that the first half of the book was hard to get through。 It was not bad by any means, but it wasn’t something that made me want to read non-stop。 In other words, I was okay with putting the books down for a few days and picking it up later。 The second half was the complete opposite, I couldn’t put it down。 The ending made the first half of the book completely worth it。 I did struggle keeping everyone straight throughout the book, but thankfully the Wow。 What a satisfying finish。 I will be honest that the first half of the book was hard to get through。 It was not bad by any means, but it wasn’t something that made me want to read non-stop。 In other words, I was okay with putting the books down for a few days and picking it up later。 The second half was the complete opposite, I couldn’t put it down。 The ending made the first half of the book completely worth it。 I did struggle keeping everyone straight throughout the book, but thankfully there are guides included at the end of the print copy (can’t say the same for digital copies) but it was very helpful。 Overall, I really enjoyed this and I will read it again in the future! 。。。more

Alice Marisol

reed this fucking book。it’s amazing。i cried。

Lexi Feifer

This book。 What can I say about this book? With the rave reviews all over the internet and the glowing reviews from multiple prestigious publications, I was so thrilled to start this one up。 The beginning of the story was captivating。 But once Achilles and Patroclus grew into teenagers, I was so incredibly bored。 Miller’s prose was confusing。 Sentences were often too short and I was left feeling like things were missing or just left hanging。 The constant change in tense was confusing。 I was not This book。 What can I say about this book? With the rave reviews all over the internet and the glowing reviews from multiple prestigious publications, I was so thrilled to start this one up。 The beginning of the story was captivating。 But once Achilles and Patroclus grew into teenagers, I was so incredibly bored。 Miller’s prose was confusing。 Sentences were often too short and I was left feeling like things were missing or just left hanging。 The constant change in tense was confusing。 I was not convinced by the feelings Achilles and Patroclus had for each other。 I would have given this book one star if it were not for some portions of the book that had me someone entranced。 。。。more

Angela

This book was a little disappointing after reading Miller's masterpiece "Circe" but it still made me cry。 It was a beautiful lgbtq love story that I just couldn't put down。 This book was a little disappointing after reading Miller's masterpiece "Circe" but it still made me cry。 It was a beautiful lgbtq love story that I just couldn't put down。 。。。more

Katelyn

took me a month to finish the first half and a day to finish the second half。 the ending brought me to tears。

Anagha Kangovi

So much to love about this, especially the treatment of Achilles/his demise。 I loved the choice to not give him a singular fatal flaw or point of physical vulnerability, i。e hubris, heel etc。 Such a great means of humanizing him。 The grief!

Karolina

nie umiem pisac recenzji, ale chcialabym powiedziec, ze dawno tak nie ryczalam na koniec ksiazki, jezeli w ogole kiedys ryczalam。

Miley Leong

My heart!!!! This started so sweet and pure and gay then (because of course it was too good to be true) turned tender and heartbreaking。 I loved Circe and wasn’t sure how this would compare or if it had been overhyped。 The Song of Achilles was beautifully written and I thought the pacing of it was just right。

Maansi

I have never read Homer’s Iliad (I know I need to remedy this immediately) and have limited knowledge of the Trojan war from what I learned briefly in school, through the Odyssey, and through the Brad Pitt & Orlando Bloom rendition of Troy。 Based on this limited education, I’ll admit that the story of Achilles never quite made much sense to me- why did he refuse to fight? Why was he so upset when Patroclus died? The movie writes off Patroclus as Achilles’ nephew and somehow that never made much I have never read Homer’s Iliad (I know I need to remedy this immediately) and have limited knowledge of the Trojan war from what I learned briefly in school, through the Odyssey, and through the Brad Pitt & Orlando Bloom rendition of Troy。 Based on this limited education, I’ll admit that the story of Achilles never quite made much sense to me- why did he refuse to fight? Why was he so upset when Patroclus died? The movie writes off Patroclus as Achilles’ nephew and somehow that never made much sense to me。Song of Achilles clarifies this point of confusion by presenting an alternative explanation for the relationship between these two characters - one that (I’m now learning) more accurately reflects what Homer presented in the Iliad。 Madeline Miller weaves this story together so beautifully and breathes new life into this epic in a way that makes so much sense。 I cannot imagine this story or these characters being any other way。 I loved Circe and thought it would be a tough book to beat, but I think Song of Achilles was even better。 Easy read, much quicker to get through compared to Circe, hard to put down。 。。。more

Maria Grosu

This book took a piece of my heart and I'll never get it back 😃 I cry everytime this book is crossing my mind✋ This book took a piece of my heart and I'll never get it back 😃 I cry everytime this book is crossing my mind✋ 。。。more

Pri

libro più bello che io abbia mai letto

Lauren Schmenk

I was never one who was interested in Greek mythology but Madeline Miller does an amazing job at telling a very captivating story!

Alix

I thoroughly enjoyed this。 An original, accessible, and pleasurable read, a not so Homeric retelling of the Trojan War。 I liked "Circle" a little more I think, but you can absolutely see she is a very talented author。 I hear her next book will be yet another retelling of "The Tempest", Shakespeare。Who am I kidding, I'll read it。 I thoroughly enjoyed this。 An original, accessible, and pleasurable read, a not so Homeric retelling of the Trojan War。 I liked "Circle" a little more I think, but you can absolutely see she is a very talented author。 I hear her next book will be yet another retelling of "The Tempest", Shakespeare。Who am I kidding, I'll read it。 。。。more

Annwhitney McCombs

This book took me a bit to get into but once you get to the end it is all worth it。 It is well written, tragic, but full of love。 The author did such a good job。

keily

overall a good book, true rating is 3。5/5。 -。5 bc it rlly wasn’t as sad as ppl were saying, -1 bc the author is a straight girl which is rlly weird especially bc there’s some。。 “adult scenes” between 2 guys

Erica Robbin

I’m still sorting my thoughts about this one。 I read this one for Life’s Library Book Club。 I think those looking for a twist on Greek mythology, something with a sort of magic school system fantasy, or coming of age story may enjoy this one more than I did。I certainly applaud the risk in a retell。 I for one did not really care for majority of it but there were things I really liked。 Had more romance novel qualities than I expected。Basically it started out strong but then I found it circling the I’m still sorting my thoughts about this one。 I read this one for Life’s Library Book Club。 I think those looking for a twist on Greek mythology, something with a sort of magic school system fantasy, or coming of age story may enjoy this one more than I did。I certainly applaud the risk in a retell。 I for one did not really care for majority of it but there were things I really liked。 Had more romance novel qualities than I expected。Basically it started out strong but then I found it circling the drain。I’ve always enjoyed the wonder of Greek mythology, being captivated by the figures, storylines, preservation, mythical realm, archaeological findings, and pictorial representations of weaponry, shields, leather sandals, the elements, and animals。 Medusa, Icarus, Athena, and Achilles are my primary favorites。 I haven’t read much about the deities and such for years, I find it incredibly hard to keep their family trees and heritage straight。 This story to me, simplifies the complex, complicates the simple。 I enjoyed certain aspects, while others I didn’t。The StoryI felt this retelling to be somewhat overemphasized, idealistic with deductions out of unknown circumstances。 Which is the creative part but I found it to be a story retold with certain implications that I just wasn’t on board with。 What I wanted was something like Age of Empires, with thrilling concepts, battle scenes with swords clanking, someone biffing it with sand in their teeth。 Depictions of honor, battle, and virtue。I love stories with open interpretation with leadings to unifying universal relatability, but this one took all the things I love about these characters in Greek mythology and watered it down in one way while embellishing certain concepts, cloaking them in escapades of sex, perhaps for readers who would enjoy drooling over such optimism in using certain aspects of a relationship as the sole reason for the story。I appreciated the creativity as a retell, but was less keen on the romantic focus, social inept, attempts to answer questions that weren’t asked。 Which would be ok as a whole story, but my mind changed on my enjoyment of it as it started to focus more on a physical attraction, because at the center, it was in these abundance of sex tales where the notion and quantity of these experiences became mundane。Overall I enjoyed the first bits of chapter, but started to realized how the book had a very large drawn out middle。 The middle was more explaining the war and second cousins, uncles, and aunts than sword clink and clank, which again, was not what I was looking for。 I needed a refresher but couldn’t decide if I should have stopped and reread Homer and other supporting literature, or whether this would be best read as an introductory piece, which in my mind, had nothing but my sparse memory to rely on and dig up what I thought was becoming a confusing perception of Petroclus who then turned out to be a more confused character than I ever thought of him as。Then there was the ending, but I’ll stop here。The WritingI loved fluidity in language, combining modern or old and overall concept。 It’s a very accessible story into Greek mythology with seamless bits of root terminology sprinkled throughout。 I liked how it stayed within certain confines of speech in narration and dialogue, and not overly done in either way。The ToneOverall, came off as emotionally stagnant for me。 There was too much invested into Petroclus as far as his love pursuit which became monotonous and dry because I didn’t feel he had much else to offer until the very end, which by then I was already bored and in my memory I don’t remember thinking he was that boring。 The AtmosphereWhile staying true to certain aspects, I felt time was off, literally off。 First the moon slithered smaller and smaller, next day spring races, next day Harvest moon。 Then weeks went by so I felt sort of lost in moon progression phases and pacing altogether。 I feel the main weakness for my taste is leaving certain details in and at the same time leaving certain things unsaid。DescriptionsI was torn。 Good descriptions became a bit repetitive。 There were so many breathing descriptions。 Holding still, blowing and holding breaths, by the end I was exhausted。The CharactersMy main dissatisfaction with the story。 It was more lover than companionship, there wasn’t much connectivity to their relationship。 I wasn’t convinced。 Both ended up feeling like lost, rejected souls, finding love in each other, but not much in substance to speak of in this utopia of sex。I didn’t like the way Petroclus was portrayed。 I always thought of him as strong in a subtle way, like this foundational, philosophical, wise sounding board for Achilles, like this grounded person。 Instead he came off as an unbridled fumbling character, bordering unhinged。 His characterization was a bit creepy, the silent watcher type of the worst kind。 Peteoclus was portrayed to me as a wondering soul, infatuated with the physical attraction toward Achilles and all without feelings of emotional attachment being reciprocated。 Sort of this lustful obsession that I didn’t like and one I didn’t remember in past years of reading。 I don’t know, I’m more about projected thoughts in characters that are more condensed and subtle I suppose。Also there was nothing to be said about the training he did receive。 By that I mean Petroclus spent all this time training as a guest of Achilles, yet it was said that wearing the armor of Achilles was heavy and foreign to him when it came time for battle。 I just didn’t think there would have been that much of a distinction to be seen as almost unknown。Achilles is another story。 Again, physical attributes a bit drawn out compared to successes that I felt both characters had to offer from my memory, thinking back to original source。 Homer’s was dry from what I remember, but it was rich in depth and culture and nuance。 I felt this book had peaks and valleys misplaced, centering around obsession, dare I say borderline fetish? Everyone will have a different take on it, but I really didn’t like it。The relationship with his mother makes him more milquetoast than the fearless warrior that I depicted him to be and I didn’t see him as an anchor to the complimenting mind of Petroclus。 Mother provided opposition to their relationship in a way I didn’t remember, and added complexity of mother not approving such a relationship as obstacle and contrast that which we were led to believe was the norm didn’t quite make sense to me。 I get that there had to be some embellishment for development of the plot, but I don’t know about this one。 I suppose it was hard to pick obstacles。I loved the glossary and information at the end。This book just didn’t capture the charm I wanted and overall lacked the meditative quality I was looking for。 By no means devalued the work, it just didn’t highlight what I thought was the shining characteristics that stuck with me all these years。Website post 。。。more

Boro

Extremely solid story-telling as expected but unlike others, I did get bogged down by the foreshadowing。 But the last chapter was *chef kiss: really a testament to how much a good ending can lift a book up。

Tommaso Pinazza

Questo libro è poesia dalla prima all’ultima lettera。

Kathryn Darby

Beautifully written。 An excellent entry point for those who know little to no greek mythology and a delightful retelling for those already familiar with the Iliad。 I enjoyed this book so much。

Zuzanna Jacek

Coś wspaniałego。 Zakończenie totalnie mnie rozbroiło i nie ukrywam, polały się łzy。 Polecam serdecznie

Shannon-louise Linwood

Pain on a whole new level。I can see myself re-reading this over and over it is so so beautiful and poetic。 I had to reread the last chapter multiple times and once I eventually pried the book away from my hands I felt such a huge hole in my heart, definitely going to miss these characters。Fast paced, beautifully written, getting to see Achilles and Patroclus grow from young smitten boys to fighters who are still so entranced by one another, soul mates even。 If I could give this more than 5 stars Pain on a whole new level。I can see myself re-reading this over and over it is so so beautiful and poetic。 I had to reread the last chapter multiple times and once I eventually pried the book away from my hands I felt such a huge hole in my heart, definitely going to miss these characters。Fast paced, beautifully written, getting to see Achilles and Patroclus grow from young smitten boys to fighters who are still so entranced by one another, soul mates even。 If I could give this more than 5 stars you bet I would。 。。。more

Bonor Ayambem

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth。 I would know him in death, at the end of the worldThere are truly no words to describe the genius that is this book。 Well done? Incredible? Perfectly crafted? All insufficient。 It was a close comfort to me for the period of time that I read it and then left me completely broken and ripped apart afterwards。 That alone, that ability to build and destroy with words, emp I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth。 I would know him in death, at the end of the worldThere are truly no words to describe the genius that is this book。 Well done? Incredible? Perfectly crafted? All insufficient。 It was a close comfort to me for the period of time that I read it and then left me completely broken and ripped apart afterwards。 That alone, that ability to build and destroy with words, emphasizes the literary gift of Madeline Miller。The decision to tell the story from the perspective of Patroclus in first person, was genius beyond imagination。 Stories that are told in that way, usually give the impression that the narrator is telling the story directly to the reader, in retrospect。 It give the subtle implication that the narrator is alive! I was completely unprepared for Patroclus' death。 I did not believe it for so long。 I thought, he must be alive to be telling the story。 I thought he would be healed somehow。 I thought it would be impossible for Miller to continue the story in first person after that point。 The strength of her writing really shines through in her understanding and portrayal of death。Her language is art comparable to great and classical literature。 Truly beautiful and well crafted sentences。 Each one perfect and obviously well thought out。 The ending was incredibly fast paced and emotional, I almost could not keep up。 So much anxiety and tears from me but so much catharsis。 Incredible feelings credit to and incredible woman with an incredible gift。 I may never recover from this。 。。。more

Julie

this book was really good。 i was told that i would cry but i didn’t shed a tear。 the writing style is amazing and it’s so easy to read。 greek mythology is so fascinating to me。