Mestra : a short story / Madeline Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Madeline, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mestra (Greek mythological character)--Fiction.

Mestra.

Erysichthon (Greek mythology)--Fiction.

Erysichthon (Greek mythology).

Mythology, Greek--Fiction.

Mythology, Greek.

Fathers and daughters--Fiction.

Fathers and daughters.

Blessing and cursing--Fiction.

Blessing and cursing.

Genre:

mythology (literary genre)

short stories.

Mythological fiction.

Short stories.

Physical Description:

65 pages ; 16 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2026]

Summary:

"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.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copies: Shober Family Fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version Miller, Madeline Mestra

ISBN:

9780063566286

0063566281

OCLC:

1592760680