THE ENDURING MYTH THAT MAKES US HUMAN
What makes a hero Who better to answer that question than Lee Child...
'It's Lee Child.Why would younotread it'Karin Slaughter
'I don't know another author soskilledat making me turn the page'The Times
In his first work of nonfiction,the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond,showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human. He demonstrates how hero stories continue to shape our world - arguing that we need them now more than ever.
From the Stone Age to the Greek Tragedies,from Shakespeare to Robin Hood,we have always had our heroes. The hero is at the centre of formative myths in every culture and persists to this day in world-conquering books,films and TV shows. But why do these characters continue to inspire us,and why are they so central to storytelling
Scalpel-sharp on the roots of storytelling and enlightening on the history and science of myth,The Hero is essential reading for anyone trying to write or understand fiction. Child teaches us how these stories still shape our minds and behaviour in an increasingly confusing modern world,and with his trademark concision and wit,demonstrates that however civilised we get,we'll always need heroes.
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008361877Number of pages: 96Weight: 60 gDimensions: 178 x 111 x 6 mm
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'It's Lee Child.Why would younotread it'Karin Slaughter
'I don't know another author soskilledat making me turn the page'The Times
'It's said that a Jack Reacher novel is bought every four seconds somewhere in the world. He is to crime fiction what Clint Eastwood's'man with no name'was to the western. Lee Child's genius has been to create a tough guy hero that men will envy and women will adore'Daily Express
Lee Child
One of Waterstones'very favourite authors,Lee Child sprang from redundancy at Granada Television in 1995 to rise to thriller-writing pre-eminence with his sequence of stories featuring ex-military policeman Jack Reacher. A huge draw at countless Waterstones events,working with Lee over the years has for us always been an absolute pleasure.
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