The Tale-Tellers
| Author | Nancy Huston |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Genre | Essai |
Publication date | October 20, 2008 |
| Pages | 197 |
| ISBN | 978-1552787540 Search this book on  . |
The Tale-Tallers is an essay written by the Canadian novelist Nancy Huston, and published in 2008 by the publishing house Actes Sud.
Summary
Nancy Huston starts with the question asked by an imprisoned woman at a writing workshop: “What's the meaning of inventing stories? Reality is already wonderful”. Considering that our lives are no different than stories from novels’ characters and analysing human history following the perspective of shaping imaginary and collective identities, this essay asserts that creating and sharing personal and collective fictions is what defines our humanity, “tale-tellers”, whether it's about love or war. Novels, in such a perspective, are the means by which the author broadens her analysis to other fictions than the ones transmitted by our families and communities, and to access this form of thinking which consists of writing one's own life consciously.
Influences
The guideline of the documentary Tomorrow was inspired by The Tale-Tellers by Nancy Huston (which "insists on the propensity of humans to think in terms of fictions, stories and narratives").
Editions
- Actes Sud, collection « Un endroit où aller », 2007 ISBN 2742775404 Search this book on ..
- McArthur & Co Pub Ltd, 2008 ISBN 978-1552787540
Notes and references
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