The Silence of the Girls

I den anmelderroste "The Silence of the Girls" genfortæller Pat Barker Homers Illiaden med mytens kvinders historie i centrum for fortællingen. Da den græske dronning Helen bliver kidnappet af trojanerne, sætter grækerne alle sejl ind på at belejre Troja. Fanget i de græske soldaters lejr er en anden fangetagen dronning, Briseis. Hun er blevet Achilleus slave - en mand som slagtede hendes familie. Nu er hun fanget blandt frustrerede og desperate krigere. I århundreder efter den famøse krig vil historien glemme hende i en fodnote blandt myterne om en blodig krig skabt af hævngerrige mænd - men Briseis har dog en helt anden agenda. "The Silence of the Girls" er en brillant fortalt og et originalt perspektiv på Illiaden, hvor Pat Barker fortæller de glemte kvinders gribende historie.

I den anmelderroste "The Silence of the Girls" genfortæller Pat Barker Homers Illiaden med mytens kvinders historie i centrum for fortællingen. Da den græske dronning Helen bliver kidnappet af trojanerne, sætter grækerne alle sejl ind på at belejre Troja. Fanget i de græske soldaters lejr er en anden fangetagen dronning, Briseis. Hun er blevet Achilleus slave - en mand som slagtede hendes familie. Nu er hun fanget blandt frustrerede og desperate krigere. I århundreder efter den famøse krig vil historien glemme hende i en fodnote blandt myterne om en blodig krig skabt af hævngerrige mænd - men Briseis har dog en helt anden agenda. "The Silence of the Girls" er en brillant fortalt og et originalt perspektiv på Illiaden, hvor Pat Barker fortæller de glemte kvinders gribende historie.

A Washington Post Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, The Economist , Financial Times Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award Finalist for the Women's Prize for Fiction 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.

A Washington Post Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, The Economist , Financial Times Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award Finalist for the Women's Prize for Fiction 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.