The Orange Prize is awarded annually to a novel written by a woman in English. This year’s award, accompanied by a check for $46,000, was given to the American writer Madeline Miller for her first novel “The Song of Achilles.” It is a retelling of “The Iliad.” Joanna Trollope, chairwoman of the judges, called this work, “original, passionate, inventive, and uplifting.” We have it in our new book section.
