World-renowned mythologist and folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long-buried tale of heroines, from Cassandra and Scheherezade to Nancy Drew and Wonder Woman.

A response from a feminist perspective to The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell.

For decades, Joseph Campbell's celebrated work The Hero with a Thousand Faces, with its emphasis on the journey to glory and immortality, has fueled our imaginations and shaped our culture. In this profound and sincere book, Maria Tatar challenges the cult of warrior heroes and spiritual leaders in a masculine key, revealing another secret story: that of those heroines who show intelligence, courage, empathy, curiosity and care in their search for justice. .

Tatar highlights how heroines, from Scheherazade to Wonder Woman, have gone unnoticed despite having shown enormous courage in their denunciation of injustice. By turns dazzling and chilling, The Heroine with 1001 Faces creates a luminous arc that takes us from ancient times to the present, explaining our times like no other work of cultural history.

A brilliant reflection on the evolution of the values hidden in the stories we tell, write and reinvent, which invites us on a journey towards self-understanding and empowerment.