The Storytelling Animal

“Insightful...draws from disparate corners of history and science to celebrate our compulsion to storify everything around us.”— The New York Times Book Review   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. Yet the world of story has remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It’s easy to say that humans are “wired” for story, but  why ? In this delightful, original b