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Patricia Mary W. Barker, CBE, FRSL, Hon FBA (née Drake; born 8 May 1943) is a British writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery.
Pat Barker is a British novelist who writes about the harsh lives of working-class women and the effects of war. She won the Booker Prize for her trilogy about the First World War and returned to the theme in later novels.
Aug 30, 2018 · A historical fiction novel based on the Trojan War, told from the perspective of Briseis, a Trojan queen and Achilles's concubine. Explore the book details, ratings, reviews, and author information on Goodreads.
Oct 18, 2021 · The Many Wars of Pat Barker. Celebrated for her First World War trilogy, Barker has been reimagining the Trojan War through the eyes of its female victims. But what happens when gritty realism...
Pat Barker, CBE, FRSL was born in Thornaby-on-Tees in 1943. She was educated at the London School of Economics and has been a teacher of history and politics.
The Silence of the Girls is a 2018 novel by English novelist Pat Barker. It recounts the events of the Iliad chiefly from the point of view of Briseis. Plot summary
Patricia Margaret Barker achieved literary prominence when she was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize for The Ghost Road, the last novel in her trilogy of novels about World...
