*The god touches his finger to the arrow's fletching. Then he breathes, a puff of air as if to send dandelions flying, to push toy boats over water. And the arrow flies, straight and silent, in a curving, downward arc towards Achilles' back.* Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awk
The Song of Achilles
โ Scribed by Madeline Miller
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 178 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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