Natalie Haynes Boeken

Om niet steeds herinnerd te worden aan een persoonlijke tragedie in Londen accepteert een jonge vrouw een baan als leerkracht aan een school voor onhandelbare leerlingen in Edinbugh, maar hier voltrekt zich een nieuwe tragedie.

Natalie Haynes bespreekt tien verschillende verhalen uit de Griekse mythologie vanuit een nieuw perspectief: ze stelt de vrouwen centraal Veel hedendaagse romans, toneelstukken en films halen hun inspiratie uit de epische poëzie en Griekse tragedies die bijna drieduizend jaar geleden voor het eerst werden verteld. In het werk van Homerus, in bijvoorbeeld de verhalen over de Trojaanse Oorlog en Jason en de Argonauten, gaat het om mannelijke helden. Vrouwen komen er meestal bekaaid vanaf. En als ze wel het onderwerp van gesprek zijn, worden ze vaak afgeschilderd als monsterlijk, wraakzuchtig of gewoon kwaadaardig. Neem Pandora, iedereen kent haar als de eerste vrouw die alle chaos en ellende in de wereld heeft losgelaten, maar in het oorspronkelijke verhaal van Hesiodus handelde zij helemaal niet uit kwade wil. Zelfs de verhalen over Medea en Phaedra zijn genuanceerder dan hervertellingen ons laten geloven. In De kruik van Pandora herstelt Natalie Haynes het evenwicht. Als startpunt neemt ze Pandora en haar kruik (die doos kwam later pas), en in nog negen verhalen zijn, na millennia van verhalen over goden en mannen, nu eindelijk eens de stemmen te horen van Hera, Artemis, Penelope en vele andere vrouwen. In de pers 'Het leukste boek over Griekse mythen dat je ooit zult lezen.' Mark Haddon, auteur van Het wonderlijke voorval met de hond in de nacht 'Grappige, scherpe analyses van wat deze soms-niet-erg-aardige vrouwen van plan waren, en hoe ze soms voor gek werden gezet... doorlezen!' Margaret Atwood 'Haynes is een briljante classicus en met De kruik van Pandora heeft ze eigenlijk het eerste boek geschreven met een feministische kijk op de Griekse mythologie.' The Herald Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie

The scintillating follow-up to &i;>Pandoras Jar&/i> from bestselling author Natalie Haynes.

The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories. Stories of gods and monsters are the mainstay of epic poetry and Greek tragedy, from Homer to Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, from the Trojan War to Jason and the Argonauts. And still, today, a wealth of novels, plays and films draw their inspiration from stories first told almost three thousand years ago. But modern tellers of Greek myth have usually been men, and have routinely shown little interest in telling women's stories. And when they do, those women are often painted as monstrous, vengeful or just plain evil. But Pandora -- the first woman, who according to legend unloosed chaos upon the world -- was not a villain, and even Medea and Phaedra have more nuanced stories than generations of retellings might indicate. Now, in Pandora's Jar, Natalie Haynes -- broadcaster, writer and passionate classicist -- redresses this imbalance. Taking Pandora and her jar (the box came later) as the starting point, she puts the women of the Greek myths on equal footing with the menfolk. After millennia of stories telling of gods and men, be they Zeus or Agamemnon, Paris or Odysseus, Oedipus or Jason, the voices that sing from these pages are those of Hera, Athena and Artemis, and of Clytemnestra, Jocasta, Eurydice and Penelope

In the many retellings of the Greek myths, the focus is generally on gods and heroes, but Natalie Haynes refocuses our gaze on the remarkable women at the centre of these ancient stories.

This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of all of them…In the middle of the night, Creusa wakes to find her beloved Troy engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of brutal conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over, and the Greeks are victorious. Over the next few hours, the only life she has ever known will turn to ash...The devastating consequences of the fall of Troy stretch from Mount Olympus to Mount Ida, from the citadel of Troy to the distant Greek islands, and across oceans and sky in between. These are the stories of the women embroiled in that legendary war and its terrible aftermath, as well as the feud and the fatal decisions that started it all…Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, A Thousand Ships gives voices to the women, girls and goddesses who, for so long, have been silent.

A dark psychological page-turner about an inexperienced teacher who builds a powerful - and ultimately dangerous - connection with her students. From the bestselling author of Stone Blind and A Thousand Ships. The Secret History meets Notes on a Scandal.

When you have grown up as I have, there is no security in not knowing things, in avoiding the ugliest truths because they can't be faced . . . Because that is what happened the last time, and that is why my siblings and I have grown up in a cursed house, children of cursed parents . . . Jocasta is just fifteen when she is told that she must marry the King of Thebes, an old man she has never met. Her life has never been her own, and nor will it be, unless she outlives her strange, absent husband. Ismene is the same age when she is attacked in the palace she calls home. Since the day of her parents' tragic deaths a decade earlier, she has always longed to feel safe with the family she still has. But with a single act of violence, all that is about to change. With the turn of these two events, a tragedy is set in motion. But not as you know it. In Children of Jocasta, Natalie Haynes reimagines the Oedipus and Antigone stories from the perspectives of two of the women who have often been overlooked; retelling the myth to reveal a new side of an ancient story.

Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This book shows how we are living very much like people did 2,000 or more years ago.

The author skillfully revitalizes classic tales, infusing them with warmth and contemporary relevance. Through her mastery of storytelling, she brings to life ancient narratives, making them accessible and engaging for modern readers. The work is celebrated for its ability to connect the past with the present, showcasing the timeless nature of these stories.