In Pat Barker's novel The Women of Troy, a feminist retelling of the Trojan horse tale, the main character Briseis struggles to survive in the wake of her city's destruction. Newly married to the Greek fighter, Alcimus, and carrying the late Achilles's child, Briseis knows that her social position is tenuous. Throughout the novel, she must learn to form friendships with her fellow women in order to withstand impossible circumstances. The novel explores themes including loyalty, fear, and power.
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Pat Barker is a nearly pure novelist: she writes no short stories, no poetry, but, beginning with her first novel, Union Street (1982), immediately declared herself as a major novelist. In the followi...
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