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The Silence of the Girls

Pat Barker

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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 ... Read more

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Format

Paperback

Publication date

2019

Publisher

Penguin

Condition

New

Number of Pages

336

Place of Publication

London, United Kingdom

ISBN

9780241983201

SKU

9780241983201

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Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days

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About Pat Barker

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 ... Read more

Reviews for The Silence of the Girls

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... Chilling, powerful, audacious
The Times
A stunning return to form
Observer
Angry, thoughtful, sad, deeply humane and compulsively readable, The Silence of the Girls shows that ... Read more

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