Trickster Makes This World Audiobook By Lewis Hyde, Michael Chabon - foreword cover art

Trickster Makes This World

Mischief, Myth, and Art

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Trickster Makes This World

By: Lewis Hyde, Michael Chabon - foreword
Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
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In Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories—Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyote in North America, among others—and then holds them up against the lives and work of more recent creators: Picasso, Duchamp, Ginsberg, John Cage, and Frederick Douglass. Twelve years after its first publication, Trickster Makes This World—authoritative in its scholarship, loose-limbed in its style—has taken its place among the great works of modern cultural criticism.

This new edition includes an introduction by Michael Chabon.

©1998 Lewis Hyde; Foreword copyright 2010 by Michael Chabon (P)2022 Tantor
Literary History & Criticism Social Sciences Tradition Mythology

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I have loved this book for many years, bought it for friends, and been waiting to find the full audio version! narrator definitely does it justice

my favorite book is finally available in audio!

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So many layers to this book. I think if more people would embrace the trickster, it could really bring us together. It speaks to the undertones of what divides us, our judgments of others and our own righteousness. It’s a great read to expand the awareness of the psyche and even address some of the shadow within us.

Such an interesting and deep look at the trickster archetype

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Wow. A brilliant series of ideas wonderful presented and laid out, deconstructing the role of the trickster in world myth and with wonderful applications of the role mirrored in real life historical figures. A must for all writers and storytellers.

Brilliant, clear and concise

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The author should have read the book. I bought because I heard him on a podcast. His voice is way better

Interesting information

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I tried reading the paperback version of this book twice but it was quite a slog. Sensing that there’s a treasure of gold in this book, I tried the audiobook version. What a difference! With a lively narrator, this massive information becomes a college course taught by an engaging story teller. Listening to this audiobook (although long) was enjoyable and well worth the money and the time.

WOAH!!

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I read this slowly, alongside a group book club. We met weekly to discuss approximately a chapter each week. I recommend sitting in it like that, and studying alongside others, as it helped us all gain so many insights and new understanding. It has become a beloved favorite. I now own the audible, the kindle, and the physical copy.

Top of Martin Shaw’s book list

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What a total load of old nonsense! You won’t learn anything from this book. It’s just a waste of time.

Total crap

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I had a hard time following the narration. The writing is insightful, and I appreciated Hyde’s logic and research.

Don’t like the voice

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It touches on many subjects of interest but doesn’t really build anything greater than the sum of its parts. Really surface level on many areas. Even the Trickster as a subject seems irrelevant to it at times and not that thoroughly explored compared to other texts that cover it in a much briefer but dense way. Whole sections seem like they could be cut. Maybe a better editor was needed cuz it felt like he was taking a long time to say very little.

It’s like when your coworker tells you a story about going to the grocery store but they have to talk about the five other errands they did first as setup but you forget the point before it moves on to another story. Pretty frustrating

The text says so little about so much

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