The Silence of the Girls: A Novel
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- Synopsis
- 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 StandardPraise 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
- Copyright:
- 2018
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780241983218
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780241983201, 9780241984291
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Date of Addition:
- 05/19/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Pat Barker
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Social Studies
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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