Pat Barker The Voyage Home review, recensie en informatie over de nieuwe mythologische roman van de Engelse schrijfster. Op 22 augustus 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Hamish Hamilton de nieuwe roman van de uit Engeland afkomstige schrijfster Pat Barker. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de roman, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Of en wanneer de Nederlandse vertaling van de nieuwe roman in Nederlandse vertaling verschijnt is nog niet bekend.
Pat Barker The Voyage Home review en recensie
- “You go to her for plain truths, a driving storyline and a clear eye, steadily facing the history of our world.” (The Guardian)
- “The queen of literary historical fiction, Barker is an unflinching guide for a trip across ancient Greece.” (National Geographic)
The Voyage Home
- Auteur: Pat Barker (Engeland)
- Soort boek: Engelse roman, mythologische roman
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Hamish Hamilton
- Verschijnt: 22 augustus 2024
- Omvang: 336 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
- Prijs: £20.00 / £10.99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van de nieuwe roman van Pat Barker
The exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker’s The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls.
After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle.
Alongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks – among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine – war-wife – to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by visions of his death – and her own – while Ritsa is forced to bear witness to both Cassandra’s frenzies and the horrors to come.
Meanwhile, awaiting the fleet’s return is Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon. Heart-shattered by her husband’s choice to sacrifice their eldest daughter to the gods in exchange for a fair wind to Troy, she has spent this long decade plotting retribution, in a palace haunted by child-ghosts.
As one wife journeys toward the other, united by the vision of Agamemnon’s death, one thing is certain: this long-awaited homecoming will change everyone’s fates forever.
