| International Standard Book Number |
9780063566286
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780063566293
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| Personal Name |
Miller, Madeline author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011167554
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| Title Statement |
Mestra : a short story / Madeline Miller.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Ecco, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
1 online resource
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| Summary, Etc. |
"A brilliant new short story from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Madeline Miller - her first work of fiction since the publication of Circe - that vibrantly reimagines the powerful and forgotten myth of Mestra. A cursed father, a gifted daughter. Mestra, daughter of the King of Thessaly, is gifted a unique ability by Poseidon: metamorphosis into any being she can imagine. Her father, on the other hand, is cursed. As punishment for disrespecting the goddess Demeter, he is in possession of an unnatural, insatiable hunger. Devoted Mestra suggests using her new gift to help her father. But if his hunger is bottomless, how much will he take from her? Soon she must decide: will she keep helping her father survive, or finally break free? A jewel-like tale of human fallibility, Mestra confirms Madeline Miller as our high priestess of mythology"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Mestra (Greek mythological character)
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Fathers and daughters http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85047454
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Mythology, Greek http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85089396
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Erysichthon (Greek mythology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89000475
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Mythological fiction
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Short stories
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