About this title: A psychologist ruminates on the role and significance of narrative in our lives. From everyday narratives between friends to those between doctor and patient, from factual narratives to fictional, stories shape our lives and give them meaning--but how do we so easily understand them?
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 2002-04-17
ISBN-13:9780374200244ISBN:0374200246
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780674010994ISBN:067401099X
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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."
"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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