I think it really gets to the way we understand our lives through story, and the way we tend to think of our lives as stories unto themselves an ancient human habit that's as old as language and probably will never die. But, because it is written by Charles Yu, it is also a very clever work of meta-fiction. And, though listening is easier and, if we're being seriously academic here, the original and perhaps true way that stories were communicated, I find the stories don't lend themselves to examination in the same way.Īt times I felt a bit tired by all the stops and starts between the multiple layers of story here, but I do appreciate the way the main character was able to ultimately understand his own life by coming up with a fable about it. 'Fable' by Charles Yu 'Fable' is, as the title suggests, a sort of a fable. You get a pretty different experience listening to a story vs. In any event, it was a pretty damn decent story. Or else, perhaps, Yu sort of accomplished his goal in "Fable" which might have been to tell timeless story in a new way. Charles Yu (US, born 1976) ISFDB Bibliography Wikipedia Entry Stories currently online: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Microwave in the Break Room Doing Weird Things to Fabric of Space-Time Available as part of this anthology. She is known for her use of relief prints, created using the process of the linocut and inspired by meteoric folklore as well as alchemical symbolism. Sophy Hollington is a British artist and illustrator. The dark, highly "meta" story of a guy whose shrink asks him to make up a fable which helps him to understand his own life better, just sounded all too familiar. Charles Yu is the author of four books, including his latest novel, 'Interior Chinatown.' He lives in Irvine, Calif. Listening to this story (I lost my May 30th issue imagine that) today, I felt 100% sure I had read something by Charles Yu before. Listen to Charles Yu read Fable, his story in this weeks issue: Once upon a time, there was an angry guy, who hated the story he was in.
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