The Heroine with 1001 Faces Corine Internationaler Buchpreis for FOCUS Zukunftspreis (2010) In the western world the

In the western world the suicide rate is highest amongst men under the age of 35

The past and questions about the nature of history remain interminably open to new and disobedient approaches

Description: We’ve all heard of the cult classic fiction novel Fight Club

Mahathir Mohamad

The Heroine with 1001 Faces Corine Internationaler Buchpreis for FOCUS Zukunftspreis (2010) In the western world theThe Heroine with 1,001 Faces dismantles the cult of warrior heroes, revealing a secret history of heroinism at the very heart of our collective cultural imagination. Maria Tatar, a leading authority on fairy tales and folklore, explores how heroines, rarely wielding a sword and often deprived of a pen, have flown beneath the radar even as they have been bent on redemptive missions. Deploying the domestic crafts and using words as weapons, they have