The Silence of the Girls: A retelling of the classic Greek myth, Troy, from the Booker prize-winning author of Regeneration
Pat Barker
Aug 2018 · Penguin UK
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A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY
'Chilling, powerful, audacious' The Times
'Magnificent. You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard
'Chilling, powerful, audacious' The Times
'Magnificent. You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard
There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan War whose voice has been silent - until now. Discover the greatest Greek myth of all - retold by the witness that history forgot . . .
Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is a slave to the man who butchered her husband and brothers. Trapped in a world defined by men, can she survive to become the author of her own story?
PERFECT FOR FANS OF MADELINE MILLER'S CIRCE AND THE SONG OF ACHILLES.
*Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Costa Novel Award*
Pat Barker continues her extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest myths in The Women of Troy.
A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY
'Chilling, powerful, audacious' The Times
'Magnificent. You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard
There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan War whose voice has been silent - until now. Discover the greatest Greek m...
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Roger Press
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April 3, 2019
Classical antiquity carefully delineated from the subsequent Judeo-Christian tradition and life. However some of the interpersonal relationships suddenly feel like late 20th Century relationships and the tight classical tradition is pierced, dropped, in favour of colloquial modern human life. A pity, because a more austere reckoning with Classical humanity would have held up greater illumination to the story. Personally I feel it was the Editors who let the author down, to pursue a wider readership.
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Jasmin Bell
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November 10, 2019
I couldn't put it down!
Matěj Mihatsch
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November 9, 2026
Powerful and very Raw!
About the author
Pat Barker was born in Yorkshire and began her literary career in her late thirties, when she took a short writing course taught by Angela Carter. She has published sixteen novels, including her masterful Regeneration Trilogy which includes the Booker Prize-winning The Ghost Road. The Silence of the Girls was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and won an Independent Bookshop Award 2019. The Women of Troy was a number one Sunday Times bestseller. The Voyage Home continues the series.
Pat Barker was born in Yorkshire and began her literary career in her late thirties, when she took a short writing course taught by Angela Carter. She has published sixteen novels, including her masterful Regeneration Trilogy which includes the Booker Prize-winning The Ghost Road. The Silence of ...
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