Barker, Pat
Silence of the Girls A Novel The Silence of the Girls Pat Barker - New York Anchor Books 2019 - 293 pages Paperback 21 cm - Women of Troy Book 1 .
Here is the story of The Illiad as we've never heard it before: in the words of Briseis, Trojan queen and captive of Achilles. Given only a few words in Homer's epic and largely erased by history, she is nonetheless a pivotal figure in the Trojan War. In these pages she comes fully to life: wry, watchful, forging connections among her fellow female prisoners even as she is caught between Greece's two most powerful warriors. Her story pulls back the veil on the thousands of womenwho lived behind the scenes of the Greek army camp--concubines, nurses, prostitutes, the women who lay out the dead--as gods and mortals spar and as a legendary war hurtles toward its inevitable conclusion. Brilliantly written filled with moments of terror and beauty, The Silence of Girls gives voice to an extraordinary woman--and makes an ancient story new again.
9780525564102
Briseis
Trojan War
Troy (Extinct city)
Turkey
PR6052.A6488 / S55 2019
Bar 2
Silence of the Girls A Novel The Silence of the Girls Pat Barker - New York Anchor Books 2019 - 293 pages Paperback 21 cm - Women of Troy Book 1 .
Here is the story of The Illiad as we've never heard it before: in the words of Briseis, Trojan queen and captive of Achilles. Given only a few words in Homer's epic and largely erased by history, she is nonetheless a pivotal figure in the Trojan War. In these pages she comes fully to life: wry, watchful, forging connections among her fellow female prisoners even as she is caught between Greece's two most powerful warriors. Her story pulls back the veil on the thousands of womenwho lived behind the scenes of the Greek army camp--concubines, nurses, prostitutes, the women who lay out the dead--as gods and mortals spar and as a legendary war hurtles toward its inevitable conclusion. Brilliantly written filled with moments of terror and beauty, The Silence of Girls gives voice to an extraordinary woman--and makes an ancient story new again.
9780525564102
Briseis
Trojan War
Troy (Extinct city)
Turkey
PR6052.A6488 / S55 2019
Bar 2