The Silence of the Girls A Novel
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
27.08.2019
Verlag
Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupSeitenzahl
304
Maße (L/B/H)
20/13,1/2,2 cm
Gewicht
226 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-525-56410-2
From the Booker Prize-winning author of the Regeneration trilogy comes a brave and masterful retelling of The Iliad, as experienced by the captured women living in the Greek camp in the final weeks of the Trojan War.
Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award • Finalist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction
One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, The Washington Post, The Economist, Financial Times
Here is the story of the Iliad as we’ve never heard it before: in the words of Briseis, Trojan queen and captive of Achilles. Given only a few words in Homer’s epic and largely erased by history, she is nonetheless a pivotal figure in the Trojan War. In these pages she comes fully to life: wry, watchful, forging connections among her fellow female prisoners even as she is caught between Greece’s two most powerful warriors. Her story pulls back the veil on the thousands of women who lived behind the scenes of the Greek army camp—concubines, nurses, prostitutes, the women who lay out the dead—as gods and mortals spar, and as a legendary war hurtles toward its inevitable conclusion. Brilliantly written, filled with moments of terror and beauty, The Silence of the Girls gives voice to an extraordinary woman—and makes an ancient story new again.
Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award • Finalist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction
One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, The Washington Post, The Economist, Financial Times
Here is the story of the Iliad as we’ve never heard it before: in the words of Briseis, Trojan queen and captive of Achilles. Given only a few words in Homer’s epic and largely erased by history, she is nonetheless a pivotal figure in the Trojan War. In these pages she comes fully to life: wry, watchful, forging connections among her fellow female prisoners even as she is caught between Greece’s two most powerful warriors. Her story pulls back the veil on the thousands of women who lived behind the scenes of the Greek army camp—concubines, nurses, prostitutes, the women who lay out the dead—as gods and mortals spar, and as a legendary war hurtles toward its inevitable conclusion. Brilliantly written, filled with moments of terror and beauty, The Silence of the Girls gives voice to an extraordinary woman—and makes an ancient story new again.
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Shattering, intelligent, and necessary
Bewertung am 12.05.2025
Bewertungsnummer: 2489131
Bewertet: eBook (ePUB)
The Silence of the Girls struck me deeply.
Pat Barker retells the Iliad not as a heroic epic, but from the perspective of the women who were only “spoils of war” – and gives them back their dignity.
The language is direct, often vulgar, but never gratuitous – it reveals the horror without softening it. Briseis’ view of Achilles, Patroclus, and the other men is sharp, sad, and brutally honest.
At times it was hard to endure, but I couldn’t stop reading.
A book about pain, powerlessness – and quiet humanity.
I won’t forget Briseis.
A fantastic retelling!
Lina am 16.01.2024
Bewertungsnummer: 2110461
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
Pat Barker manages to tell a tale known to most in a new and refreshing way - through the eyes of a woman, a queen, Briseis. After all her family was killed by the famous warrior Achilles, she is forced to stay in his camp, being his slave. And yet, Pat Barker manages to show, that she never loses the sense of her own worth through any of it. The insights into the live of former queens and noble women in a camp where they are treated badly can be quite harsh but I think Pat Barker manages to show what they are experiencing without it being too graphical and too much to bear.
A great read and a most welcome retelling through the eyes of overlooked historical figures!
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