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Galatea : a short story
- Title
- Galatea : a short story / Madeline Miller.
- Author
- Miller, Madeline
- Publication
- New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
- ©2022
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JX 23-5351 | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 56 pages; 16 cm
- Summary
- "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. After marrying her, 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, Galatea 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..."--
- Subject
- Pygmalion (Mythological character) > Fiction
- Pygmalion (Mythological character)
- Pygmalion
- Galatea, statue brought to life (Greek mythology) > Fiction
- Sculptors > Fiction
- Mythology, Greek > Fiction
- Goddesses > Fiction
- Marital conflict > Fiction
- Marriage > Fiction
- Galatea, statue brought to life (Greek mythology)
- Goddesses
- Marital conflict
- Marriage
- Mythology, Greek
- Sculptors
- Living arrangements
- Genre/Form
- Fantasy fiction.
- Fiction.
- Mythological fiction.
- Short stories.
- Note
- "Originally published as an e-book in 2013 by Ecco Books and Bloomsbury Publishing"--Title page verso.
- Call Number
- JX 23-5351
- ISBN
- 9780063280519
- 0063280515
- OCLC
- 1348600672
- Author
- Miller, Madeline, author.
- Title
- Galatea : a short story / Madeline Miller.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Edition
- First U.S. hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JX 23-5351