The silence of the girls : a novel / Pat Barker.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780241338094
- Physical Description: 325 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: (London, England) : Hamish Hamilton, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
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Subject: | Trojan War > Fiction. Troy (Extinct city) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. War fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Pemberton and District Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Pemberton and District Public Library | F BAR (Text) | 31894000518182 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Penguin Putnam
Shorlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Costa Novel Award
Booker-winning novelist Pat Barker imagines the untold story of the women at the heart of history's greatest epic
'Magnificent... You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard'Chilling, powerful, audacious... 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' The Times
'A stunning return to form' Observer
There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent - till now...
Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is slave to Achilles, 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?Discover the greatest Greek myth of all - retold by the witness history forgot.
'Make[s] you reflect on the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, the women throughout history who have been told by men to forget their trauma... You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard
Praise for Pat Barker:
'Barker delves unflinchingly into the enduring mysteries of human motivation' Sunday Telegraph
'She is not only a fine chronicler of war but of human nature' Independent
'Barker is a writer of crispness and clarity and an unflinching seeker of the germ of what it means to be human' Herald
'You go to her for plain truths, a driving storyline and a clear eye, steadily facing the history of our world' Guardian