The Silence of the Girls: A Novel by Pat Barker
This retelling of The Illiad stars Briseis, queen of one of Troy’s neighboring kingdoms until her city is sacked by Achilles, who murders her male family members and takes her as a concubine.“This book weaves strands from across Barker’s work, foregrounding female experience on a vividly evoked battleground,” writes The Sunday Times. In a starred review, Library Journal writes, “Both lyrical and brutal, Barker’s novel is not to savor delicately.”
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