Book description
'The first duty of a storyteller is to tell a story.' Or was it 'The only duty of a storyteller is to tell a story'?
A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a number of child-murders that…
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1 author picked The Pillowman as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a play script, but I have to recommend it as the most adult and provocative exploration of fairytales I’ve ever read. A storyteller in a totalitarian state is interrogated about his tales after they have been linked to a series of child murders. It’s about the risks storytellers take and the dangers of stories being misinterpreted or misused. Martin McDonagh is best known as a screenwriter of films such as In Bruges or The Banshees of Inisherin, but this play is burned into my soul.
From Clare's list on fairytales for grownups.
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