With an introduction by Neil GaimanBefore television and radio,before penny paperbacks and mass literacy,people would gather on porches,on the steps outside their homes,and tell stories. The storytellers knew their craft and bewitched listeners would sit and listen long into the night as moths flitted around overhead. The Moth is a non-profit group that is trying to recapture this lost art,helping storytellers - old hands and novices alike - hone their stories before playing to packed crowds at sold-out live events.The very best of these stories are collected here: whether it's Bill Clinton's hell-raising press secretary or a leading geneticist with a family secret; a doctor whisked away by nuns to Mother Teresa's bedside or a film director saving her father's Chinatown store from money-grabbing developers; the Sultan of Brunei's concubine or a friend of Hemingway's who accidentally talks himself into a role as a substitute bullfighter,these eccentric,pitch-perfect stories - all,amazingly,true - range from the poignant to the downright hilarious.
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Publisher: Profile Books LtdISBN: 9781846689901Number of pages: 400Weight: 320 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mmEdition: Main
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Brilliant and quietly addictive...crammed with personality...full of colour and lifeOne of the hottest events in town...enthralling,funny and movingNew York's hottest and hippest literary ticketThe stories not only maintain their oral integrity but take on new dimensions,allowing you to ponder a turn of events or swirl the language around in your head without missing the next part of the storyWhile these tales transport us into the lives of others,they also invoke recognition with our own; there are connecting wires with even the most disparate experiences and existences,the'I's are turned into'we's. They fulfil our fundamental human need to communicate,learn and grow through others.The Moth is beautifully simple,authentic,a little bit therapeutic and utterly addictive. It is a joyful reminder of the power of the story the need for story-telling and the desire to listen,and to read,deeply.(the stories) remains very much in the voices of those who spoke them and thus retain the vulnerability and rawness inherent in the situation of one person,alone at the mic,telling a room full of strangers something personal.
Catherine Burns
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Neil Gaiman is amongst Britain's foremost writers of fantasy and graphic novels; blending mythologies,folklore and urban legend in a diverse portfolio that embraces the ground-breaking graphic novel seriesThe Sandman,contemporary children's classics,The Graveyard BookandCoralineand adult fiction includingStardust,Neverwhereand the masterpiece that isAmerican Gods.
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