The Silence of the Girls

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A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY

From the Booker Prize-winning author of Regeneration

Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Costa Novel Award and the International DUBLIN Literary Award

There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent – till now. Discover the greatest Greek myth of all – retold by the witness that history forgot . . .

‘Magnificent. You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers’ Evening Standard
‘Chilling, powerful, audacious’ The Times

Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is slave to Achilles, 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?

Age

15+

Pages

336 pages

Format

Paperback

Author

Pat Barker

Publisher

Penguin

ISBN: 9780241983201 Categories: , ,
The Silence of the Girls
13,99