In the final novel in the trilogy that started with The Silence of the Girls, Barker brings the Trojan tragedy to a haunting close – and demands justice for the wrongs of war.
Articles on Pat Barker
Displaying all articles
In the third volume of this superb trilogy exploring the lives of women taken captive in the Trojan War, a new narrator takes us on a journey back to Agamemnon’s palace.
The Trojan Women is a genocide narrative. In this play, the great Athenian dramatist Euripides explores the enslavement of women, human sacrifice, rape and infanticide.
