{"product_id":"against-storytelling-9789360450533","title":"Against Storytelling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA unique collection of essays about the meaning and significance of storytelling in our time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt what point did we begin to say, 'We are all storytellers'? Far from being a timeless idea, the statement seems to go back to no further than the 1980s, coterminous with the dawning of a new kind of epic novel, an unprecedented supremacy for the English language, and the era of economic liberalisation. Who was it who made 'storytelling' synonymous with cultures outside the West? And could it just be conceivable that much of what's most worthwhile about writing and creativity occur on the fringes of the story?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in this book, delivered originally as talks at a Literary Activism symposium, look again at the assumptions that underlie the way we think of storytelling and storytellers. The contributors include novelists, academics and translators including Anjum Hasan, Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Charles Bernstein, Geoffrey O'Brien, Gurvinder Singh, Jeremy Harding, Jean-Fr?d?ric Chevallier and Tiffany Atkinson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Editor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmit Chaudhuri is an award-winning novelist, poet, essayist and musician.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Westland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789360450533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.02w x 0.37d","brand":"Amit Chaudhuri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44589897744565,"sku":"9789360450533","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ce5ff2b6-2d05-4995-b358-65986ebbe2fb.jpg?v=1724733975","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/against-storytelling-9789360450533","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}