The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
by Jonathan Gottschall
Houghton Mifflin Hartcourt, 2012
250 Pages, $24
This book begins with startling questions, such as, “The riddle of fiction comes to this: Evolution is ruthlessly utilitarian. How has the seeming luxury of fiction not been eliminated from human life?” and picks up other equally thought-provoking ones along the way—why is storytelling fixated on trouble, why do boys and girls play in different ways, what is the link between madness and creativity and exactly what role do stories play in religion? Read the rest of this entry ?
