The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human Romance_Gift_Guide and from his ability to

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In The Seventh Man

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" -Jia Tolentino

and grounded in extensive research

The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human Romance_Gift_Guide and from his ability toIn this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory of storytelling. Drawing on neuroscience and evolutionary biology, The Storytelling Animal explores what stories reveal about human nature, how we process information, and think about the world. Humans live in landscapes of make believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives.