Joan

The stunning new feminist reimagining of Joan of Arc

By: Katherine J. Chen

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Paperback | 11 July 2023 | Edition Number 1

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368 Pages

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2.6 x 13 x 19.6

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A stunning feminist reimagining of the life of Joan of Arc - perfect for fans of Cecily, Ariadne and Matrix

Girl. Warrior. Heretic. Saint?

France is mired in a losing war against England. Its people are starving. Its king is in hiding. Yet out of the chaos, an unlikely heroine emerges.

Reckless, steel-willed and brilliant, Joan has survived a childhood steeped in both joy and violence to claim an extraordinary - and fragile - position at the head of the French army. The battlefield and the royal court are full of dangers and Joan finds herself under suspicion from all sides - as well as under threat from her own ambition.

With unforgettably vivid characters and propulsive storytelling, Joan is a thrilling epic, a triumph of historical fiction, and a feminist celebration of one remarkable - and remarkably real - woman who left an indelible mark on history.

About the Author

Katherine J. Chen is the author of the novel Mary B. Her work has been published in The New York Times , the Los Angeles Review of Books, Literary Hub , and in the historical fiction anthology Stories from Suffragette City. She is a graduate of Princeton University and received her MFA from Boston University, where she was a senior teaching fellow and awarded the Florence Engel Randall Fiction Prize.

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It is as if the author has crept inside a statue and breathed a soul into it, re-creating Joan of Arc as a woman for our time. She is a genius, but also a child, an icon, but also vulnerable and human. Chen's novel brings home to us the strangeness of Joan's story as well as its appeal, which is timeless, without borders, always fresh

The Joan of Arc who inhabits Chen's ambitious, thrilling novel is far from the usual portrayal of a pious girl with feverish visions. This Joan is of the earth - scrappy and strong, resilient and curious - who overcomes a brutal childhood to fight for her country and achieve unimaginable heights. Beautifully written and rich with captivating detail

A glorious, sweeping novel . . . Richly imagined, poignant and inspiring

Measured, austere, profoundly physical. I loved it

In Katherine J. Chen's capable hands, Joan becomes fully flesh and achingly real

An epic novel with the mythic power of a fairytale

A wholly original novel that inspires one's mind and awakens one's soul. With Joan, Katherine J. Chen has created nothing short of a masterpiece

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