Natalie Haynes - A Thousand Ships (retail)zip (2024)

: Readers particularly enjoy her witty, increasingly sarcastic letters to an absent Odysseus, which provide a humorous counterpoint to his "heroic" wandering.

: The book uses a polyphonic structure, with short, punchy chapters that jump between the different emotional landscapes of mortals and immortals. Natalie Haynes - A Thousand Ships (Retail)zip

: While traditional epics like The Iliad focus on male glory and "heroes" like Achilles and Odysseus, Haynes shifts the lens entirely to the women—from the Trojan queens awaiting enslavement to the goddesses whose petty squabbles sparked the conflict. : Readers particularly enjoy her witty

: This "savvily plotted" reimagining was shortlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction and named a best book of the year by The Guardian and NPR. Reader Demographics & Appeals Natalie Haynes - A Thousand Ships (Retail)zip