In this sequel to The Silence of the Girls (bwl 91) Barker takes the story of Briseis on from the fall of Troy. The triumphant Greeks want to go home, but the angry gods send impossible weather. Tensions rise among the idle warriors (heroes? Bah...). Briseis, now married and carrying dead Achilles's child, helps her captive sisters as she can. Barker's Regeneration trilogy denounced the human costs of war on men. Here she does the same for women. Excellent!
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 103 Winter 2022 ) |
