THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS by Pat Barker, read by Kristin Atherton, Michael Fox
This extraordinary collaboration between Booker Prize-winning novelist Pat Barker and two superb narrators reimagines the passionate, bloody, mythic Trojan War of Homer’s ILIAD, including the mighty and petty human drama of Troy’s siege.
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Show Notes
Booker Prize-winning novelist Pat Barker, known for her powerful WWI history in the Regeneration trilogy, enters the world of reimagined myths. Homer’s ILIAD is the basis for this account of warriors gods and the women swept up in the conflict of the Greek and Trojans. A pair of British narrators, Kristin Atherton and Michael Fox, connect to this dramatic story and bring it home to listeners.
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