The Power of Story: On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era

Book, 2022, 187 pp
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Award-winning Indigenous author Harold R. Johnson discusses the promise and potential of storytelling.

Approached by an ecumenical society representing many faiths, from Judeo-Christians to fellow members of First Nations, Harold R. Johnson agreed to host a group who wanted to hear him speak about the power of storytelling. This book is the outcome of that gathering. In The Power of Story, Johnson explains the role of storytelling in every aspect of human life, from personal identity to history and the social contracts that structure our societies, and illustrates how we can direct its potential to re-create and reform not only our own lives, but the life we share. Companionable, clear-eyed, and, above all, optimistic, Johnson's message is both a dire warning and a direct invitation to each of us to imagine and create, together, the world we want to live in.

A CBC BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2022

TypePrint
GenrePersonal Theory/Thesis
ExpressionGeneral Writing/Recording
TopicThe Art of Storytelling
AudienceAdults
LanguageEnglish
PublisherBiblioasis
ISBN9781771964876

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