The Silence of the Girls

von Pat Barker

325 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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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 StandardThere 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*'This feminist retelling of the Iliad through the lens of ordinary Greek women is as good as it gets. Clever, cool, devastating' Sabine Durrant, The WeekPat Barker continues her extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest myths in The Women of Troy.

• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Alte Religionen und Mythen Altgriechische Religion und Mythologie
• ISBN: 9780241983201
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 02.05.2019
• Größe: 198 x 132 mm
• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)