{"id":3721,"date":"2017-10-24T23:16:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T17:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=3721"},"modified":"2020-05-20T10:01:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T04:31:08","slug":"one-hundred-nights-hero-isabel-greenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/one-hundred-nights-hero-isabel-greenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons to Read \u2018The One Hundred Nights of Hero’ by Isabel Greenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Isabel Greenberg takes the familiar theme of Arabian Nights and spins it into a story of her own. A major portion of One Hundred Nights of Hero<\/em> is set in the Empire of Migdal Bavel. Cherry is love with her maid, Hero, but is married to Jerome. Jerome is an insensitive man who strikes a bet with his friend Manfred on how pure and innocent Cherry is. According to the terms of the wager, if Manfred can seduce Cherry in one hundred nights, he can claim Jerome\u2019s castle and wife for himself.\u00a0 Hero, a member of the League of Secret Story Tellers, consoles Cherry and they make a plan to distract Manfred by narrating stories each night for 100 nights.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I love the word play that Isabel Greenberg uses here \u2013 the woman who tells stories as a silent rebellion is named \u2018Hero\u2019! Hero\u2019s stories are fanciful, imaginative and tinged with love, betrayal, femininity and oppression. More reasons? Here you go:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yes!! I want to shout this out from rooftops that all the main characters are women and they all touch your heart, be it as minor characters or main characters. God is a woman. Moon is a woman. The story tellers are women. And female friendships are valued throughout the book.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The art is simply splendid. Greenberg alternates between a minimal palette of black and white to strips with a single dominant colour. This really sets the mood of each portion of the book.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n1. A Woman-Centric Feminist Graphic Novel<\/h3>\n
2. Gorgeous art by Isabel Greenberg<\/h3>\n