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Pat Barker - The Women of Troy (2nd Hand Softback)
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Synopsis
The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller.
Following her bestselling, critically acclaimed The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker continues her extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest myths.
Troy has fallen. The Greeks have won their bitter war. They can return home as victors - all they need is a good wind to lift their sails. But the wind has vanished, the seas becalmed by vengeful gods, and so the warriors remain in limbo - camped in the shadow of the city they destroyed, kept company by the women they stole from it. The women of Troy.
Helen - poor Helen. All that beauty, all that grace - and she was just a mouldy old bone for feral dogs to fight over. Cassandra, who has learned not to be too attached to her own prophecies. They have only ever been believed when she can get a man to deliver them. Stubborn Amina, with her gaze still fixed on the ruined towers of Troy, determined to avenge the slaughter of her king. Hecuba, howling and clawing her cheeks on the silent shore, as if she could make her cries heard in the gloomy halls of Hades, as if she could wake the dead. And Briseis, carrying her future in her womb: the unborn child of the dead hero Achilles.
Once again caught up in the disputes of violent men. Once again faced with the chance to shape history. Masterful and enduringly resonant, ambitious and intimate, The Women of Troy continues Pat Barker's extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest classical myths, following on from the critically acclaimed The Silence of the Girls.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Softback with French Fold Sleeves
- Condition : As New
- Category : Fiction - Historical Fiction
- Published : 2021 (This Edition 2022 - Penguin)
- ISBN : 9780241988336
- SKU : B003351
- PPC : SP300gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
AI Summary :
Customers enjoyed the book and found it a great page-turner. They appreciated the thoughtful and well-written writing style. The story was described as an engrossing retelling of part of the Iliad from a female perspective.
'A Myth for the #MeToo age. Pat Barker returns to Homer in this gory but unexpectedly uplifting novel' - The Sunday Times.
'In a novel filled with names from legend, Briseis stands tall as a heroine: brave, smart and loyal. Barker's latest is a wonder.' - Publisher's Weekly.
'This continuation of the Trojan woman's story feels like another victory for every person who was silenced by history, their story stolen from them.' - Refinery 29.
'Merciless, stripped of consoling beauty, impressively bleak.' - The Guardian.
'This is a powerful page-turner, bringing ancient characters and stories into full colour. Skip Homer, and just enjoy this epic read.' - Daily Express.
'A stirring adventure set amid a misogynist dystopia.' - Anthony Cummins, The Observer.
The Author
Patricia Mary W. Barker, CBE, FRSL (née Drake; born 8 May 1943) is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described as direct, blunt and plainspoken