{"product_id":"the-women-of-troy-by-pat-barker","title":"The Women of Troy by Pat Barker","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe extraordinary retelling of one of the greatest Greek myths told through the women of the Trojan war - from the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Silence of the Girls\u003c\/em\u003e. Perfect for fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e and Madeline Miller's \u003cem\u003eCirce\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSong of Achilles\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Myth for a MeToo age. Pat Barker returns to Homer in this gory but unexpectedly uplifting novel'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTroy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe women of Troy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelen - poor Helen. All that beauty, all that grace - and she was just a mouldy old bone for feral dogs to fight over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCassandra, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStubborn Amina, with her gaze still fixed on the ruined towers of Troy, determined to avenge the slaughter of her king.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHecuba, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMasterful and enduringly resonant, ambitious and intimate, \u003cem\u003eThe Women of Troy\u003c\/em\u003e continues Pat Barker's extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest classical myths, following on from the critically acclaimed \u003cem\u003eThe Silence of the Girls\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bücherverkauf Bern","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59933810065792,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/1860\/2368\/files\/20260910_201812.jpg?v=1789902399","url":"https:\/\/shop.buecherverkaufbern.ch\/products\/the-women-of-troy-by-pat-barker","provider":"Bücherverkauf Bern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}