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Patricia Mary W. Barker, CBE, FRSL ( née Drake; born 8 May 1943) [1] is a British writer and novelist. [2] . She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described as direct, blunt and plainspoken.
Oct 18, 2021 · Celebrated for her First World War trilogy, Barker has been reimagining the Trojan War through the eyes of its female victims. But what happens when gritty realism meets myth? By Daniel...
- Daniel Mendelsohn
Pat Barker is a British novelist who writes about the harsh lives of working-class women and the effects of war. She won the Booker Prize for her trilogy about the First World War and returned to the theme in later novels.
- Thornaby-on-Tees, England
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Aug 30, 2018 · A historical fiction novel based on the Trojan War, told from the perspective of Briseis, a Trojan queen and Achilles's concubine. Explore the book details, ratings, reviews, and author information on Goodreads.
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Pat Barker has 35 books on Goodreads with 524137 ratings. Pat Barker’s most popular book is The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1).
Her books include the highly acclaimed Regeneration trilogy Regeneration; The Eye in the Door, winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize; and The Ghost Road, winner of the Booker Prize; as well as seven other novels. She's married and lives in Durham, England. Pat Barker, CBE, FRSL was born in Thornaby-on-Tees in 1943.
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The Silence of the Girls is a 2018 novel by English novelist Pat Barker. It recounts the events of the Iliad chiefly from the point of view of Briseis .
