The Silence of the Girls

Barker, Pat

ISBN 10: 0241983207 / ISBN 13: 9780241983201

Published by Penguin, 2019

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Synopsis:

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 men, can she survive to become the author of her own story?

THE PERFECT GIFT 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.

About the Author: Pat Barker was born in Yorkshire and began her literary career in her forties, 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Silence of the Girls
Publisher: Penguin
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good