{"product_id":"the-silence-of-the-girls","title":"The Silence of the Girls","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of the Regeneration trilogy comes a brave and masterful retelling of \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e, as experienced by the captured women living in the Greek camp in the final weeks of the Trojan War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Costa Novel Award - Finalist for the Women's Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, The Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is the story of the \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e as we've never heard it before: in the words of Briseis, Trojan queen and captive of Achilles. Given only a few words in Homer's epic and largely erased by history, she is nonetheless a pivotal figure in the Trojan War. In these pages she comes fully to life: wry, watchful, forging connections among her fellow female prisoners even as she is caught between Greece's two most powerful warriors. Her story pulls back the veil on the thousands of women who lived behind the scenes of the Greek army camp--concubines, nurses, prostitutes, the women who lay out the dead--as gods and mortals spar, and as a legendary war hurtles toward its inevitable conclusion. Brilliantly written, filled with moments of terror and beauty, \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Girls\u003c\/i\u003e gives voice to an extraordinary woman--and makes an ancient story new again.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942839255271,"sku":"9780525564102","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_6dc36468-35d3-47b0-aec5-d68d8dc1d96b.jpg?v=1775270701","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-silence-of-the-girls","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}