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The Silence of the Girls
Pat Barker
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Description for The Silence of the Girls
Paperback.
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 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241983201
SKU
9780241983201
Shipping Time
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About Pat Barker
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Silence of the Girls
A searing twist on The Iliad... Amid the recent slew of rewritings of the great Greek myths and classics, Barker's stands out for its forcefulness of purpose and earthy compassion... Chilling, powerful, audacious
The Times
A stunning return to form
Observer
Angry, thoughtful, sad, deeply humane and compulsively readable, The Silence of the Girls shows that ... Read more
The Times
A stunning return to form
Observer
Angry, thoughtful, sad, deeply humane and compulsively readable, The Silence of the Girls shows that ... Read more