If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundDrawing upon the narratives of Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, this collection of essays explores the relationships between territories, peoples and the stories and songs that give meaning to our lives. |
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Page 34
Infinity is a place where things happen that don't , ” say mathematicians . The
novelist E. L. Doctorow was once criticized for bringing characters together in his
historical novel Ragtime who could not possibly have met in real life . “ They have
...
Infinity is a place where things happen that don't , ” say mathematicians . The
novelist E. L. Doctorow was once criticized for bringing characters together in his
historical novel Ragtime who could not possibly have met in real life . “ They have
...
Page 138
In others , they have insisted that they are the only ones who tell the truth and
show us how to live our lives . Stories and songs always tell of places where
things happen that don't and of happenings that are not happening . They are
true , like ...
In others , they have insisted that they are the only ones who tell the truth and
show us how to live our lives . Stories and songs always tell of places where
things happen that don't and of happenings that are not happening . They are
true , like ...
Page 148
Surely we wouldn't want to say that the story of Romeo and Juliet is not true just
because it didn't happen . It did . I saw it happen . That's a fact . And I cried . That's
a fact too . It may also be a fact that people were never born in the world who ...
Surely we wouldn't want to say that the story of Romeo and Juliet is not true just
because it didn't happen . It did . I saw it happen . That's a fact . And I cried . That's
a fact too . It may also be a fact that people were never born in the world who ...
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| Title | If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground |
| Author | J. Edward Chamberlin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 2006 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 1857548493, 9781857548495 |
| Length | 271 pages |
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