Song Of Achilles Book Genre. If you haven’t then ventured into this genre yet then this book is a good place to start. It's written with gorgeous prose, but that's not what really stands out about this novel.
When patroclus and achilles first meet it's awkward because of patroclus's shy personality and… Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of king peleus and his perfect son achilles. They even take their lessons with chiron the centaur, and go to the battle of.
For ten years, whilst working as a latin and greek teacher, madeline miller worked on the manuscript of what would be a stellar debut novel.
By all rights their paths should never cross, but achilles takes the shamed prince as… Thankfully, ‘song of achilles’ was not one of those books. The song of achilles is a romantic retelling of the illiad. The book is full of action, thrill, and romance.