Reminder that the AMA with Natalie Haynes will take place on March 25th at 1pm ET. A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes is a 2019 novel that retells ancient Greek and Roman Trojan War mythologies from the points of view of 25 mortal and immortal women. What books or other media would you recommend to someone who loved this novel and wants more like it? Or possibly the owl which Athene refuses to hand over"?
Per the afterword, what might Haynes mean when she says, "If this book has a motif, it is that apple. What was Cassandra 'sorry for' and why did she accept her fate whether or not Apollo abandoned her?Īside from the final Calliope coda, why do you feel Andromache was chosen as the closing perspective for the novel? What are some of your favorite characters, parts or quotes? Which parts did you find confusing? She has written and recorded eight series of Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics for the BBC. She was once a stand-up comic, but retired when she realised she preferred tragedy to comedy. Natalie Haynes is the author of seven books, including A Thousand Ships, which was a national bestseller and was shortlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Haynes is the author of six books and has written for the Times, the Independent, the Guardian, and the Observer. Welcome to the fourth and final discussion thread for the March selection, A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes! This thread will be openly discussing everything in the book.īelow are some questions to help start conversation feel free to answer some or all of them, or just post about whatever your thoughts on the material. Natalie Haynes is a writer, broadcaster, and classicist. The following is excerpted from Natalie Haynes latest novel, A Thousand Ships, a retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of the many women involved in its causes and consequences.
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