{"product_id":"the-truth-about-stories-a-native-narrative-volume-1-indigenous-americas","title":"The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative (Volume 1) (Indigenous Americas)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous.\" In The Truth About Stories  Native novelist and scholar Thomas King explores how stories shape who we are and how we understand and interact with other people. From creation stories to personal experiences  historical anecdotes to social injustices  racist propaganda to works of contemporary Native literature  King probes Native cultures deep ties to storytelling. With wry humor  King deftly weaves events from his own life as a child in California  an academic in Canada  and a Native North American with a wide-ranging discussion of stories told by and about Indians. So many stories have been told about Indians  King comments  that \"there is no reason for the Indian to be real. The Indian simply has to exist in our imaginations.\" That imaginative Indian that North Americans hold dear has been challenged by Native writers - N. Scott Momaday  Leslie Marmon Silko  Louis Owens  Robert Alexie  and others - who provide alternative narratives of the Native experience that question  create a present  and imagine a future. King reminds the reader  Native and non-Native  that storytelling carries with it social and moral responsibilties. \"Dont say in the years to come that you would have lived your life differently if only you had heard this story. Youve heard it now.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986171293749,"sku":"ByrdShop_0816646260","price":44.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780816646265.jpg?v=1770890376","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-truth-about-stories-a-native-narrative-volume-1-indigenous-americas","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}