The Song of Achilles: A Novel Fiction written by someone who never

written by someone who never would

without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper

“ The Stranger is a strikingly modern text and Matthew Ward’s translation will enable readers to appreciate why Camus’s stoical anti-hero and ­devious narrator remains one of the key expressions of a postwar Western malaise

she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle

He cannot stand to be touched

The Song of Achilles: A Novel Fiction written by someone who neverA New York Times Bestseller At once a scholars homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art. A book I could not put down. Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House A thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War from the bestselling author of Circe A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines