Galatea
- Madeline Miller
- Albany, WA
- November 9, 2022
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In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own, and yearns for independence.
In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost…
In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost…
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FIRST WORDS:
It was almost sweet the way they worried about me.
‘You’re so pale,’ the nurse said. ‘You must keep quiet until your colour returns.’
‘I’m always this colour,’ I said. ‘Because I used to be made of stone.’
‘You’re so pale,’ the nurse said. ‘You must keep quiet until your colour returns.’
‘I’m always this colour,’ I said. ‘Because I used to be made of stone.’
MY REVIEW:
absolute favourite:
☆☆☆☆☆ 5/5
Galatea is incredibly short, so I’m attempting to keep my review short as well.
While Galatea is short, it certainly gets the point across. I appreciated the afterword and am glad that Miller chose to ignore the ‘happily ever after’ implied in the original tale. A man who sculpts a wife out of marble because of the unsuitability of existing women does not deserve a happy ending.
I like the world that Miller created; almost a bridge between mythology and, if not a modern world, at least a historical, recognisable one. This feminist twist on an old tale is harrowing and powerful.
While Galatea is short, it certainly gets the point across. I appreciated the afterword and am glad that Miller chose to ignore the ‘happily ever after’ implied in the original tale. A man who sculpts a wife out of marble because of the unsuitability of existing women does not deserve a happy ending.
I like the world that Miller created; almost a bridge between mythology and, if not a modern world, at least a historical, recognisable one. This feminist twist on an old tale is harrowing and powerful.
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