BCC #161: The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg

Join us in February to discuss The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg. (Please note, the dollar fee associated with this event is a suggested contribution to offset Meetup fees and will be discussed at the event. No need to worry about it before then.)

Where to Get It
Borrow from the library:

• NYPL
• BPL
• QPL/ebook

Check for availability at a Brooklyn comic shop:

• Anyone Comics
• Desert Island
• Galaxy Comics

Order the print book:

• Hachette
• BookFinder

Buy the ebook:

• Kindle
• Nook

Note: Brooklyn Movie Club will be hosting a linked event discussing the recent film adaptation of this book the following Wednesday, Feb. 25. Full details will be posted on the Brooklyn Movie Club meetup page.

From the publisher:

In the tradition of The Arabian Nights, a beautifully illustrated tapestry of folk tales and myths about the secret legacy of female storytellers in an imagined medieval world.

In the Empire of Migdal Bavel, Cherry is married to Jerome, a wicked man who makes a diabolical wager with his friend Manfred: if Manfred can seduce Cherry in one hundred nights, he can have his castle — and Cherry.

But what Jerome doesn’t know is that Cherry is in love with her maid Hero. The two women hatch a plan: Hero, a member of the League of Secret Story Tellers, will distract Manfred by regaling him with a mesmerizing tale each night for 100 nights, keeping him at bay. Those tales are beautifully depicted here, touching on themes of love and betrayal and loyalty and madness.

As intricate and richly imagined as the works of Chris Ware, and leavened with a dry wit that rivals Kate Beaton’s in Hark! A Vagrant, Isabel Greenberg’s One Hundred Nights of Hero will capture readers’ hearts and minds, taking them through a magical medieval world.

Check out our sister groups!

• Brooklyn Movie Club
• Williamsburg Book Club