The Silence of the Girls Book by Pat Barker (Farsi)

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The Silence of the Maidens is a novel by Pat Barker, first published in 2018. It’s the story of the Iliad, but in a way we’ve never heard it before: from the perspective of Briseis, the Trojan queen and Achilles’ prisoner. Although she speaks few words in Homer’s epic and has been marginalized throughout history, she still plays a significant role in the events of the Trojan War. She comes to life in the pages of The Silence of the Maidens, and even while captured between two of Greece’s most powerful warriors, she struggles to form relationships and build a community among the other female prisoners. Briseis’s story is the story of thousands of women who lived behind the scenes of the events of the Greek military camp. The Silence of the Maidens is an extraordinary woman’s voice—and it tells an ancient story in a new way.