Stories pervade our daily lives, from human interest news items, to a business strategy described to a colleague, to daydreams between chores. S... read full description
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Sep 27, 2007
Katie
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Read this for possible use in a class I'm planning, to sort of approach the topic Why do we tell stories... it was really interesting! And not overly scholarly. I'm of course only interested in literature, not law or life, but the chapters on narrative's role in those realms were informative too. Dudes, in fiction, it's all about the peripeteia, and the road, not the inn. Of course, of course...
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Feb 05, 2011
Todd
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This is a classic I finally pulled off the shelf to read. It's another one of those books you really should read once a year or so. Finding it today turned a boring Saturday afternoon into a narrative adventure.
Dec 24, 2010
Jo
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I wasn't as thrilled with this book as my faculty advisor or my classmates. However, I enjoyed the way he makes the analogy between law and literature.
Nov 11, 2011
Linda
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I'm only on the first footnote and I am already grateful to be reading this.
Apr 06, 2008
Brent
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This is a short, non-fiction book by an aging psychologist (he's like 94 now.) In it he argues that the fundemental unit of life is the story. He traces it's use in law and literature as well as how it relates to our interpersonal communication. I can't recommend it enough.
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