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Silence of the Girls

A Novel

byPat Barker

Who is this book for? Readers interested in feminist perspectives on historical events, particularly those who enjoy retellings of classic literature.

Topics PowerSurvivalGender Roles
MoodMelancholic, Reflective
Female protagonist
RomanceMajor Subplot
ViolenceModerate
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 Shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards 2018 From the Booker Prize-winning author of Regeneration and one of our greatest contemporary writers on war comes a reimagining of the most famous conflict in literature - the legendary Trojan War. When her city falls to the Greeks, Briseis's old life is shattered. She is transformed from queen to captive, from free woman to slave, awarded to the god-like warrior Achilles as a prize of war. And she's not alone: on the same day, and on many others in the course of a long and bitter war, innumerable women have been wrested from their homes and flung to the fighters. Wrestling the epic drama of the Trojan War away from its usual male-centric gaze, The Silence of the Girls seeks out the other story, the women’s story, charting the journey of a sometime-queen across the chaos of history, seeking freedom and the right to be author of her own story.

Language

en

Published on

20/04/2019

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780241983201

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