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Letting Stories Breathe

Paperback • 2012 • English

Letting Stories Breathe

By Arthur W. Frank

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About the book

Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. But they do not merely entertain, inform, or distress us - they show us what counts as right or wrong and teach us who we are and who we can be. Though stories can connect individuals, they also can disconnect, creating boundaries between people and justifying violence. In "Letting Stories Breathe", Arthur W. Frank grapples with this fundamental aspect of our lives, offering both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analy...Show more

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ISBN

9780226004839

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Letting Stories Breathe

Format

Paperback

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