The silence of the girls

By Pat Barker

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0241983207
• ISBN13: 9780241983201
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: PENGUIN
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.1" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Sad, Raw & Gut-Wrenching in the Best Way

War from the eyes of a woman, royalty turned slave. This book really depicts the reality of what women caught in the crossfires of war have to endure, there is no sugarcoated love-story between Briseis & Achilles. You really just want to reach out & hug these women. This book is very detailed & grotesque about the casualties of war as well & touches base on Achilles self-inflicted, inner torment. The ending is not happy or wrapped in a bow, but is exactly what you'd expected.

A realistic view of war

This book is sad. All of it. And it's supposed to be that way. War is horrific and this story reveals what it may have been (and probably was) like.