by Pat Barker · Penguin Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780241983201
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«The Silence of the Girls» is the historical and mythological novel by Pat Barker, published by Penguin Books Ltd in paperback (336 pages, in English).
A retelling of the Trojan War narrated by Briseis, a queen turned slave and given to Achilles as war booty. In the Greek camp, her voice and that of other captives reveal the human cost of the conflict, the tensions between Achilles and Agamemnon, and the dignity of those silenced by epic.
First novel in Pat Barker's series on the Trojan War, continued by The Women of Troy and The Voyage Home. Published in 2019.
Recommended for readers of mythological retellings such as those by Madeline Miller and for those seeking a feminist perspective on the classics.
Dame Patricia Mary W. Barker, is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. She is known for her Regeneration Trilogy, published in the 1990s, and, more recently, a series of books set during the Trojan War, starting with The Silence of the Girls in 2018.
