The voyage home : a novel / Pat Barker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barker, Pat, 1943- author.

Series:

The women of Troy series : [3]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Troy (Extinct city)--Fiction.

Cassandra (Legendary character)--Fiction.

Clytemnestra, Queen of Mycenae--Fiction.

Trojan War--Fiction.

Genre:

Novels.

Historical fiction.

Mythological fiction.

Physical Description:

275 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [2024]

Summary:

"From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy comes the powerful third installment to the Women of Troy series. I never saw Cassandra as a victim. I saw a woman as focused on a single aim as any raptor stooping to its prey; but then, I had more opportunities to observe her ruthlessness than most. I was in her power, you see. I was her slave. Pat Barker has crafted the latest in a brilliant reimagining of Greek mythology, and The Voyage Home is the work of a writer at the height of her powers. In this third outing, she follows the young Ritsa and the unpredictable Cassandra on their perilous return journey to Mycenae. Cassandra has acquired the powers of prophecy from the kiss of Apollo, but the very same god has taken away the people's belief in her abilities. Though she warns of the carnage that awaits the Greek warrior king Agamemnon-who numbs himself with alcohol on the storm-plagued trip home-her shipmates disregard her. While Cassandra's prophecies fall on deaf ears, Ritsa instead remains focused on surviving once they make land. When a mysterious young girl begins to shadow them, and Agamemnon's cruelty takes a new turn, Ritsa must find a safe place for Cassandra, whose mood alternates between cruelty and frenzy. But it's the ongoing ire between Queen Clytemnestra and Agamemnon that could prove fatal for everyone. In The Voyage Home, Barker elevates myth and legend and asks us to examine the stories we hold dear through a feminist lens, and in doing so she has crafted a tale that upholds her legacy as one of our finest contemporary novelists"-- Provided by publisher.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Sargent fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version:

Barker, Pat, 1943- Voyage home

Online version: Barker, Pat, 1943- Voyage home

ISBN:

9780385549110

0385549113

OCLC:

1425462780