Tales for an Unknown City

By Dan Yashinsky

Book Overview

Tales for an Unknown City is a vibrant selection of almost fifty stories from among the many told at One Thousand and One Friday Nights of Storytelling, a weekly open gathering in Toronto begun by Dan Yashinsky in 1978 and still going strong. There are tales from Canada and many other parts of the world; each followed by a brief word from the teller, giving us the flavour of the "Friday Nights."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773507868
• ISBN13: 9780773507869
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Storytelling Lives

Though I've long been in love with fairy tales, traditional stories, and the act of storytelling itself, I'd never realized that storytelling was alive and well in our modern society. Dan Yashinsky provides a wonderful glimpse into the world of storytelling that continues today. Stories are topically and culturally diverse, and each reflect their teller. There are original stories as well as modern "re-tellings" of traditional tales. You'll be thrilled to see that storytelling continues to thrive and be captivated by the stories compiled by Yashinsky.