... in order to compensate for historical omissions. Alice's explanation of the meaning of the title emphasises the importance of telling personal stories: "Each person had their moment when they assumed the skins of wild animals, when they took responsibility for the story" (157). History, in this novel, is associated with anonymity and passivity; on the other hand, personal narratives as well as the act of telling them entail a creative, fluid, restorative and life ... silences and absences that call for an active participation on the part of the reader who tries to put the pieces of the ...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

... his parents continue to read and comment on the stories. The father is even a bit of a theorist, explaining at one point that their son is writing about earlier times, "because they are far enough in the past for him to deal with objectively, he is able to achieve what critics call artistic distance, without emotions interfering." The mother has no time for such reflections ... sinister stratagem to steal government money for the use of dishonest officials. As the story unfolds, it sets the private arena and the public orbit interacting to reveal that the two are linked. The individual ...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... his parents continue to read and comment on the stories. The father is even a bit of a theorist, explaining at one point that their son is writing about earlier times, "because they are far enough in the past for him to deal with objectively, he is able to achieve what critics call artistic distance, without emotions interfering." The mother has no time for such reflections ... sinister stratagem to steal government money for the use of dishonest officials. As the story unfolds, it sets the private arena and the public orbit interacting to reveal that the two are linked. The individual ...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate