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'It all starts with a fight' — Pat Barker gives voice to the women of Ancient Greece

Aug 30, 202154 min
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Booker winning, Pat Barker's preoccupation with who's allowed to speak and who isn't continues with The Women of Troy, the sequel to The Silence of the Girls, her exploration of women in the Ancient Greek classics.

Also, journalist Barry Divola on his music inspired road novel and Malla Nunn's Sugar Town Queens, set in post-Mandela South Africa.

'It all starts with a fight' — Pat Barker gives voice to the women of Ancient Greece | The Book Show podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast