The Palace of Eros

''A brilliant and luminous writer'' MADELINE MILLER, author of THE SONG OF ACHILLES and CIRCE Theirs was a love that defied the gods... Young, headstrong Psyche has captured the eye of every suitor with her beauty - but also, unfortunately, the jealous gaze of the goddess Aphrodite. As punishment, Psyche is tied to a rock to be sacrificed to a ''monstrous husband''. And yet, no monster arrives: instead, she is spirited away by Aphrodite''s daughter Eros. Eros, goddess of desire, can change gender at will. And in her hidden palace, she visits her bride under the cloak of darkness: Psyche is forbidden to gaze upon the face of her lover. But as they explore each other''s bodies and discover new pleasures, Psyche is tempted to break her vow... even if it brings down the wrath of the gods. A gloriously anarchic and seductive retelling of the myth of Psyche and Eros, groundbreaking, gender-fluid and hugely enjoyable, this is a masterpiece from Caro De Robertis, a writer described by Madeline Miller as ''brilliant and luminous''.

Product details

• Authors: Caro De Robertis, Carolina De Robertis
• Publisher: The Borough Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2024
• EAN: 9780008643287
• ISBN: 978-0-00-864328-7
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 240 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fantasy Romance, Fiction: special features, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Myth & legend told as fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / Fantasy / Romance, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Myths and Legends / Mythic fiction