Galatea
2013 • 20 pages

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June 18, 2019

Une courte nouvelle sympathique dans la Grèce antique. Madeline Miller a du talent pour écrire sur l'Antiquité, mais je pense que ce talent s'exprime réellement dans des textes plus longs, des romans en format d'épopée.

August 22, 2017

Poetic injustice.

August 28, 2023

Short and sweet. Galatea in about 30 minutes creates this tragic tale that gets you hooked and ends so quickly you're left wanting more.

A nice starter course before I get to Circe and Achilles

December 25, 2023
mari
Mariadmin

The parallels between Pygmalion and volatile modern relationships are chilling in the best way.

April 1, 2022
October 8, 2023

Upped star rating from 4 to 5. The story is more powerful the longer I think on it.

July 18, 2023

incels are a pest and madeline miller could write about a potato and I would read it

June 12, 2020

Short and exquisite. The feminist twist needed for the myth, or truthfully, the only way it should be told.

January 4, 2023

bro really made his dream girl and then threw it all away

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January 20, 2023

i'm sure the main point of this book flew over my head

July 16, 2022

Great original take on a classic myth.

May 24, 2024

Beautiful and dark, with all the complex emotions (cough trauma responses) under the surface that I've associated with Madeline Miller's work since first reading Circe.

November 1, 2023

“The term ‘incel' wasn't in wide circulation when I wrote this, but Pygmalion is certainly a prototype.” LMFAOOOO

September 4, 2023

Only complaint is that I wish this had been longer! Although works really well as a short story and very poignant. One of Madeline Miller's earlier works that I intended on reading on Kindle, though I was lucky to be gifted the beautiful hardcover edition this year.

April 26, 2022

Haunting and brutal. Madeline Miller owns my mythology-loving ass.

December 29, 2016

3.5 stars.

January 7, 2023
Nico_Bella
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This is a VERY short story reimagining the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion - and honestly the afterward is what makes this short story worth it to me. I recommend it as a must read for that.

February 8, 2023

What a small and powerful little book that was

December 22, 2022