Hannah Fielding's Blog, page 46
July 5, 2018
‘Another world’: Plunging a liberated heroine into a conservative society
‘Your women’s lib doesn’t work here.’ So the heroine of my novel Aphrodite’s Tears is told when she comes to work on a little Greek island. It’s the 1970s, and […]
July 2, 2018
The ponderous travellers: Les éléphants
This week, I smiled when I heard on the news that the zoo in Dublin, Ireland, has found a novel way to cool its elephants: with giant ice lollies! ‘Nature’s […]
June 28, 2018
Fiction: ‘the triumph over chaos’
‘Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos… to celebrate a world that lies spread out around us like a bewildering and stupendous dream.’ So wrote the Pulitzer […]
June 25, 2018
A fatal beauty? Beware the Siren
There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible — magic to make the sanest man go mad. – Homer, The Iliad This is […]
June 21, 2018
Tale as old as time: romance and the core plots of literature
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. – Ecclesiastes 1:9 Originality is one of the key […]
June 18, 2018
Calypso and Odysseus: a tale of love, or bewitchment?
‘What brings a beautiful girl to such a deserted place on this enchanting night? … You look like the ocean nymph, Calypso, waiting for Odysseus on your island, ready to […]
June 14, 2018
Modern expressions derived from Greek mythology
Readers of my new novel Aphrodite’s Tears come to the novel with a host of knowledge about the Greek mythology that inspired the story. The myths of the Ancient Greeks […]
June 11, 2018
On multiple copies: buying the same book again (and again?)
I am very fortunate to divide my time between my homes in Ireland, Kent and the South of France. It’s lovely to get a change of scene regularly, and to […]
June 7, 2018
Inspired by Helios, the Greek sun god
This sandy-hued island of eternal azure skies, ever-changing blue sea, beaming sunshine and ancient stone temples… Welcome to Helios, the setting for my novel Aphrodite’s Tears. Helios is a small […]
June 4, 2018
Summer, beautiful summer – as depicted in my novels
‘Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.’ So wrote English novelist Henry James. I quite agree! I […]
