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Patricia Mary W. Barker, CBE, FRSL (née Drake; born 8 May 1943) is a British writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery.
Pat Barker is a British novelist who writes about the harsh lives of working-class women and the effects of war. She won the Booker Prize for her trilogy about the First World War and returned to the theme in later novels.
- Thornaby-on-Tees, England
- Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Aug 30, 2018 · A historical fiction novel that retells The Iliad from the perspective of Briseis, a Trojan queen and Achilles's concubine. The book explores the lives and fates of women in the Trojan War, the clash of Greek and Trojan cultures, and the complex character of Achilles.
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Pat Barker, CBE, FRSL was born in Thornaby-on-Tees in 1943. She was educated at the London School of Economics and has been a teacher of history and politics.
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- May 8, 1943
Oct 18, 2021 · Celebrated for her First World War trilogy, Barker has been reimagining the Trojan War through the eyes of its female victims. But what happens when gritty realism meets myth? By Daniel...
- Daniel Mendelsohn
Pat Barker won the Man Booker Prize in 1995 for 'The Ghost Road'. She was born in Yorkshire and began her literary career in her 40s, after taking a short writing course taught by Angela Carter.
Pat Barker has 30 books on Goodreads with 530193 ratings. Pat Barker’s most popular book is The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1).
