The Women of Troy

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<p>THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER <br><br><b>The extraordinary retelling of one of the greatest Greek myths told through the women of the Trojan war - from the Booker Prize-winning author of <i>The Silence of the Girls</i>. Perfect for fans of <i>The Odyssey </i>and Madeline Miller's <i>Circe</i> and <i>Song of Achilles</i>.</b><br><br><b>'Myth for a MeToo age. Pat Barker returns to Homer in this gory but unexpectedly uplifting novel' </b><i><b>Sunday Times</b></i><br><br>Troy has fallen. The Greeks have won their bitter war. They can return home as victors - all they need is a good wind to lift their sails. But the wind has vanished, the seas becalmed by vengeful gods, and so the warriors remain in limbo - camped in the shadow of the city they destroyed, kept company by the women they stole from it.<br><br>The women of Troy.<br><br>Helen - poor Helen. All that beauty, all that grace - and she was just a mouldy old bone for feral dogs to fight over.<br><br>Cassandra, who has learned not to be too attached to her own prophecies. They have only ever been believed when she can get a man to deliver them.<br><br>Stubborn Amina, with her gaze still fixed on the ruined towers of Troy, determined to avenge the slaughter of her king.<br><br>Hecuba, howling and clawing her cheeks on the silent shore, as if she could make her cries heard in the gloomy halls of Hades. As if she could wake the dead.<br><br>And Briseis, carrying her future in her womb: the unborn child of the dead hero Achilles. Once again caught up in the disputes of violent men. Once again faced with the chance to shape history.<br><br>Masterful and enduringly resonant, ambitious and intimate, <i>The Women of Troy </i>continues Pat Barker's extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest classical myths, following on from the critically acclaimed <i>The Silence of the Girls</i>.<br><br><b>'Readers turn to Barker's novels for their plain truths and clear-eyed sense of our history and creation stories. But the sombre

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241988336

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

192 x 130 x 24 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)