Book
The power of story : on truth, the trickster, and new fictions for a new era / Harold R. Johnson ; foreword by Tracey Lindberg.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781771964876 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 187 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
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| Subject: | Narration (Rhetoric) > Social aspects. Storytelling. Rhetoric > Social aspects. Storytelling > Social aspects. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 808.534 Johns | 31681010302685 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Perseus Publishing
A CBC BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2022 ⢠Longlisted for the First Nations Communities READ Award
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, Johnsonâs 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.
