State of Wonder / The Song of Achilles / Painter of Silence
No CoverGeorgina Harding, Madeline Miller, Ann Patchett
Orange Prize trio: Amazon medical intrigue, a mythic Greek love story, and a wordless bond in postwar Romania.
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Orange Prize trio: Amazon medical intrigue, a mythic Greek love story, and a wordless bond in postwar Romania.
will contain mild spoilers
On-page Achilles/Patroclus intimacy; other sensual and sexual content
Trojan War battles and deaths; jungle peril; wartime suffering
Mild occasional strong language across the collection
Social drinking; experimental drug research context
Central same-sex romance between Achilles and Patroclus
Greek gods, prophecy, and ritual; some cultural faith references
Mythic gods, divine power, and prophecy in the Achilles story
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Pharma ethics, colonialism, war, and postwar Romanian politics
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War trauma; sexual coercion/slavery themes; systemic hardship
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