The Silence of the Girls: A retelling of the classic Greek myth, Troy, from the Booker prize-winning author of Regeneration - Softcover
Synopsis
Shorlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Costa Novel Award and the Gordon Burn Prize
Booker-winning novelist Pat Barker imagines the untold story of the women at the heart of history's greatest epic
'Magnificent... You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard
'Chilling, powerful, audacious... 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' The Times
'A stunning return to form' Observer
When the Greek Queen Helen is kidnapped by Trojans, the Greeks sail in pursuit, besieging the city of Troy. Trapped in the Greek soldiers' camp is another captured queen, Briseis. Condemned to be bed-slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her family, she becomes a pawn in a menacing game between bored and frustrated warriors. In the centuries after this most famous war, history will write her off, a footnote in a bloody story scripted by vengeful men - but Briseis has a very different tale to tell . . .
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review
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 36 years after her first novel was published, Barker is a writer at the peak of her powers (Irish Times)
Its magnificent final section can't help but make you reflect on the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, the women throughout history who have been told by men to forget their trauma... You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers (Evening Standard)
An assured triumph (Sunday Times)
An important, powerful, memorable book that invites us to look differently not only at The Iliad but at our own ways of telling stories about the past and the present, and at how anger and hatred play out in our societies (Guardian)
She gives a voice to the voiceless...The Silence of the Girls is a book that will be read in generations to come (Daily Telegraph)
An impressive feat of literary revisionism that should be on the Man Booker longlist... This is a story about the very real cost of wars waged by men... Barker makes us re-think history (Independent)
Giving voice to the voiceless, this is a gripping feat of imagination that succeeds in being relevant today (Woman and Home)
The most important novel based on The Iliad so far this century (Edith Hall)
About the Author
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. Encouraged by Carter to continue writing and exploring the lives of working class women, she sent her fiction out to publishers. Thirty-five years later, she has published fifteen novels, including her masterful Regeneration Trilogy, been made a CBE for services to literature, and won awards including the Guardian Fiction Prize and the UK's highest literary honour, the Booker Prize. She lives in Durham and her latest novel is The Silence of the Girls.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 0241983207
- ISBN 13 9780241983201
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages336
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
£ 9.39
Shipping:
FREE
Within United Kingdom
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
Silence of the Girls : Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 35142470-n
Quantity: 5 available
Seller Image
The Silence of the Girls (Paperback)
Published by
Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241983207
ISBN 13: 9780241983201
New
Paperback
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The greatest war story in literature, retold by our greatest living storyteller on war - in the voice of the forgotten woman who lived through itQueen Briseis has been stolen from her conquered homeland and given as a concubine to a foreign warrior. The warrior is Achilles- famed hero, loathed enemy, ruthless butcher, darkly troubled spirit. Briseis's fate is now indivisibly entwined with his.No one knows it yet, but there are just ten weeks to go until the Fall of Troy, the end of this long and bitter war. This is the start of The Iliad- the most famous war story ever told. The next ten weeks will be a story of male power, male ego, male violence. But what of the women? The thousands of female slaves in the soldiers' camp - in the laundry, at the loom, laying out the dead? Briseis is one of their number - and she will be our witness to history. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780241983201
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Silence of The Girls
Seller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9780241983201_new
Quantity: Over 20 available
Stock Image
The Silence of the Girls
Print on DemandSeller: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book. Seller Inventory # ria9780241983201_lsuk
Quantity: Over 20 available
Stock Image
SILENCE OF THE GIRLS
Seller: Speedyhen, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: NEW. Seller Inventory # NW9780241983201
Quantity: Over 20 available
Stock Image
The Silence of the Girls: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
Published by
Penguin Books Ltd, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241983207
ISBN 13: 9780241983201
New
Paperback / softback
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Seller Inventory # C9780241983201
Quantity: Over 20 available
Stock Image
The Silence of the Girls: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
Published by
Penguin Books Ltd, 2019
ISBN 10: 0241983207
ISBN 13: 9780241983201
New
Paperback / softback
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Seller Inventory # B9780241983201
Quantity: Over 20 available
Stock Image
Silence of the Girls, The
Seller: Majestic Books, Hounslow, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 370991083
Quantity: 10 available
Seller Image
The Silence of the Girls: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
Seller: Pieuler Store, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: new. Book is in NEW condition. Satisfaction Guaranteed! Fast Customer Service!!. Seller Inventory # PSN0241983207
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
The Silence of the Girls
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. 2019. Paperback. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780241983201
Quantity: Over 20 available