The Voyage Home

Resumen del libro

The exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barkers The Women of Troy and The Silence of the GirlsBrilliant, masterful . . . Barker strips away the glittering armour of myth Guardian 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 Cassandras frenzies and the horrors to come.Meanwhile, awaiting the fleets return is Queen Clytemnestra, vengeful wife of Agamemnon. Heart-shattered by her husbands 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 Agamemnons death, one thing is certain: this long-awaited homecoming will change everyones fates forever.

Biografía del autor

Pat Barker (Thornaby-on-Tees, Inglaterra, 1943) se inició en la escritura en 1982 tras participar en un taller impartido por la distinguida novelista Angela Carter. Desde entonces ha publicado quince novelas x{0026} x02014;entre las que cabe destacar su famosa trilogía sobre la Primera Guerra Mundialx{0026} x02014; que la han convertido en uno de los referentes inexcusables de la narrativa británica contemporánea. Su obra, traducida a varios idiomas, ha sido merecedora de numerosos galardones, incluido el premio Booker en 1995.