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The One Hundred Nights of Hero
  • Published: 15 September 2016
  • ISBN: 9780224101950
  • Imprint: Jonathan Cape
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $65.00
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The One Hundred Nights of Hero

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28 Jan 2026
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15 Sept 2016
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15 Sept 2016
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'A feminist fairy-tale, which I recommend if you’re looking for a Christmas present for a teenage girl… A wondrously intricate book, and a witty attack on the patriarchy, this is an instant classic.'
Rachel Cooke, an Observer Book of the Year


'A feminist fairy-tale... A wondrously intricate book, and a witty attack on the patriarchy, this is an instant classic.' Observer


From the author who brought you The Encyclopedia of Early Earth comes another Epic Tale of Derring-Do.

Prepare to be dazzled once more by the overwhelming power of stories and see Love prevail in the face of Terrible Adversity!

You will read of betrayal, loyalty, madness, bad husbands, lovers both faithful and unfaithful, wise old crones, moons who come out of the sky, musical instruments that won't stay quiet, friends and brothers and fathers and mothers and above all, many, many sisters.
  • Published: 15 September 2016
  • ISBN: 9780224101950
  • Imprint: Jonathan Cape
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $65.00
Categories:

About the author

Isabel Greenberg

Isabel Greenberg is a London based illustrator and writer. She is the author of four acclaimed graphic novels, including The Encyclopedia of Early Earth, which won the Best Book category at the British Comic Awards, and the Eisner award-nominated Young Hag. Her graphic novel The One Hundred Nights of Hero (2017) has been adapted into a film directed by Julia Jackman. She is also the illustrator of several children’s books and a lecturer at Kingston school of art. Her fifth book, Confinement, will be published in 2028.

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Praise for The One Hundred Nights of Hero

[An] enchanting second graphic novel.

James Smart, Guardian

Greenburg has an extraordinary lightness of touch, piling humour and a wonderfully conversational tone into the narrative, which shines brightly and juxtaposes the darkness. Her illustration is similarly bustling with humour and character.

MYM Magazine

A feminist fairy-tale, which I recommend if you’re looking for a Christmas present for a teenage girl… A wondrously intricate book, and a witty attack on the patriarchy, this is an instant classic.

Rachel Cooke, Observer, Book of the Year

Think The Arabian Nights depicted through ink and block shades in this gorgeously stylised graphic novel. Despite being fiction, its power lies in its honest and witty narration which so perfectly reflects the lives of women in our own world.

Gemma Donnell, Stylist