Her overall achievement is to have taken one of the great myths of European history, something that has permeated Western culture for 3,000 years, and made something new and immediate of it. She extends it even to the often brutal men. Her characterisation is sharp, her sympathy deep. TLSĪs a novelist, Barker has always looked on the world with the combination of a cold eye and a sympathetic understanding. This continuation of the Trojan woman's story feels like another victory for every person who was silenced by history, their story stolen from them Refinery 29Ī stirring adventure set amid a misogynist dystopia Anthony Cummins, The Observerīarker is at her best when she evokes Hecuba's grief on the shore, surrounded by a group of female slaves with the ruined city behind them. In a novel filled with names from legend, Briseis stands tall as a heroine: brave, smart and loyal.
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