{"product_id":"the-seven-basic-plots-why-we-tell-stories-paperback","title":"The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Booker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. \u003cbr\u003eBut this is only the prelude to an investigation into how and why we are 'programmed' to imagine stories in these ways, and how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology. Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary changes in the nature of storytelling over the past 200 years, and why so many stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their underlying archetypal purpose.\u003cbr\u003eBooker analyses why evolution has given us the need to tell stories and illustrates how storytelling has provided a uniquely revealing mirror to mankind's psychological development over the past 5000 years.\u003cbr\u003eThis seminal book opens up in an entirely new way our understanding of the real purpose storytelling plays in our lives, and will be a talking point for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Booker writes for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e and is the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Basic Plots, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Real Global Warming Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Great Deception\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScared to Death\u003c\/i\u003e (all published by Bloomsbury Continuum). He has been an author and journalist for nearly 50 years, and was the founding editor of the satirical magazine \u003ci\u003ePrivate Eye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 736\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.1 x 9.2 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772097528096,"sku":"9781472976185","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c3c351e154af16ae4f8a752b8c83ffd7.webp?v=1780399190","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-seven-basic-plots-why-we-tell-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}