A review by siendo
The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, which I read with my book club. The author shares fascinating research from psychology and other fields about the human propensity for story. In addition to a universal grammar for human language, that holds across geography and culture, book there also seems to be a universal grammar for stories (protagonist overcomes obstacles and is rewarded for virtuous behavior). The author explores evolutionary explanations for this and other findings.