SILENCE OF THE GIRLS by PAT BARKER
I don’t know why I waited so long to read this book, especially because the Iliad and the myths and plays about the gods, men and women involved in the Trojan War are among my favourite reads. Then, of course, there is Madeline Miller’s sublime, Song of Achilles. Yet, Pat Barker’s Silence of the Girls […]
Circe by Madeline Miller
I had been meaning to read this book ever since I first heard about it last year and I am kicking myself it’s taken so long, but then also glad I was able to delay the pleasure. Circe is a beautifully written and structured novel about the Titan nymph, Circe. Daughter of Helios, the sun-God, […]