From Nineteen Eighty-Four’s Julia to Shakespeare’s Rosaline, the trend for a new perspective on a familiar tale is continuing apace. Authors and publishers explain what old stories tell us about today
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel which reimagines the life of the queen from the Indian epic the Ramayana.“It has been wonderful to see the increasing wealth of retellings, especially the diversity in stories from other cultures including Chinese, Indian, Middle Eastern, Korean and Japanese,” she adds. “I believe we are far from a saturation point, if it even exists.
Tan agrees: “Books could delve into the same myth and yet be completely different – no story is ever the same with each writer bringing a new perspective, creating a different world and characters, or choosing to highlight a different element of the tale. The female perspective has become more valued – story, regardless of genre, now rightfully reflects that.”
Myths often posit women as secondary characters with less agency than their male counterparts, says Tan. “While the exploits of the heroes will likely have been recounted before, shining a spotlight on the women in the tale could offer a different perspective to the same legend, breathing new life into it. And it might shine more light on the emotional heart of the tale.
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