The truth about stories : a Native narrative / Thomas King
"Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous" asserts Thomas King in The truth about stories. King explores stories, how they are told, whether oral or written, how they shape who we are, help us to understand one another, and how storytelling comes with moral and social responsibilities.King writes this book with events from his own life, as a child in California, as an academic in Canada, as a Native in North America and as the oldest member of an amateur basketball team.
The truth about stories can be found on the shelves at PR 9199.3 .K4422 Z477 2004
posted by Deborah Cryderman @ 2:33 p.m.
7 Comments:
This book is horrible. It is the epitome of hell. It was dull and boring. Don't waste your money. Reading it for prolonged periods of time will put you in a coma. Run away while you still can.
amen brotha^^^ i couldnt agree with you more. I felt like the angel of death jumped out from the depths of hell and strangled me to death. Reading deeply into the play i realized the main Motif/theme for the novel. THe man likes his little children, so noted at the begininng of each chapter where he introduces the little boy or girl that he so plans to tell this story about. Yet it is the hidden passion that he has for these youngsters that appears to be his drive for writing this play. While i couldnt agree more with his interest in molestation i have to admit the book was far too boring for my taste. The indian aspect did not strike me as much as i had hoped, the traditional stereotypes were not highlighted which was a big downer to me. Overlal i giv ethis book a 9 out of inifinity therefore basically 0, but he wouldnt know because he likley never went to school.
after reading this book i feel like my soul has been ripped from my body. it is the work of the devil and i will likely not read again for a long long time let alone write a story. hopefully this book can soon be outlawed because of it's evil views and ideas.
At first i quite enjoyed the series of lectures, however when I hit the second chapter, I felt all substance of the lectures dissapeared. The book became dull, boring and does not support any main theme. This book should be banned from all schools because it sucks. Do Not Read this book!! I agree with the first comment saying it will put you in a coma, while reading these lectures I felt my soul leaving my body.
-Chief Editor
Okay. Chapter One. Section One. Whatever it's called. The story about the woman named Charm and the moose that jumped into the river? Whose name is Charm? I'll tell you who! Your common back-alley penny whore! That's right, Charm is a hooker! Oh, and the book blew. Not Charm, the book.
I have read more enlightening passages on cereal boxes. This book defied the odds and was published, and thousands of trees have been needlessly killed. Please, do yourself a favour and save your money, the only thing worse than this book is watching a movie with Carrot Top.
This book was worse than Tim Allens last movie. It was excruciatingly painful to read and I would have rather paper cut myself numerous times and sprayed lemon juice in the cuts as opposed to reading this book. Bottome line, it sucked, don't read it.
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