The silence of the girls
Pat Barker
Bok · Engelsk · 2019 · Historisk litteratur
| Utgitt | London : Penguin Books , 2019
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| Omfang | 325 sider
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| Opplysninger | En kvinne i hjertet av trojanerkrigen hadde lenge vært stille - helt til nå. Briseis var dronning helt til byen hennes ble ødelagt. Nå er hun slave for Akilles, mannen som slaktet hennes ektemann og brødre. Fanget i en verden definert av menn, vil hun overleve og bli forfatteren av sin egen historie? Den største greske myten av dem alle blir her gjenfortalt gjennom Briseis øyne. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS.. - En kvinne i hjertet av trojanerkrigen hadde lenge vært stille – helt til nå. Briseis var dronning helt til byen hennes ble ødelagt. Nå er hun slave for Akilles, mannen som slaktet hennes ektemann og brødre. Fanget i en verden definert av menn, vil hun overleve og bli forfatteren av sin egen historie? Den største greske myten av dem alle blir her gjenfortalt gjennom Briseis øyne. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS.. - 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 . . . 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?. - This festive season, discover the greatest Greek myth of all, as you've never known it before Booker-winning novelist Pat Barker imagines the untold story of the women at the heart of history's greatest epic 'A very good, very raw rendition of the Trojan war from the point of view of the women' Kate Atkinson There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent - till now. 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? Discover the greatest Greek myth of all - retold by the witness history forgot. 'Make[s] you reflect on the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, the women throughout history who have been told by men to forget their trauma... You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard Praise for Pat Barker: 'Barker delves unflinchingly into the enduring mysteries of human motivation' Sunday Telegraph 'She is not only a fine chronicler of war but of human nature' Independent 'Barker is a writer of crispness and clarity and an unflinching seeker of the germ of what it means to be human' Herald 'You go to her for plain truths, a driving storyline and a clear eye, steadily facing the history of our world' Guardian
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| ISBN | 978-0-241-98320-1
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