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True Tales of American Life
True Tales of American Life | Paul Auster, National Story Project (U.S.)
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In 1999, Paul Auster and National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered programme asked listeners to send in true stories, to be read on-air as part of the National Story Project. The response was overwhelming: everyone, it seemed, had a story to tell. True Tales of American Life gathers 180 of these stories in one extraordinary volume.
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True Tales of American Life | Paul Auster, National Story Project (U.S.)
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🌸“The Chicken: As I was walking down Stanton Street early one Sunday morning, I saw a chicken a few yards ahead of me. I was walking faster than the chicken, so I gradually caught up.... At the fourth house along, it turned in at the walk, hopped up the front steps, and rapped sharply on the metal storm door with its beak. After a moment, the door opened and the chicken went in.“ Tales of America

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing 📚 2y
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True Tales of American Life | Paul Auster, National Story Project (U.S.)
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🇺🇸🇺🇸#redswhitesandblues 🇺🇸🇺🇸 Love these classic classics and contemporary classics from The States. Happy 4th July everyone! #jubilantjuly

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True Tales of American Life | Paul Auster, National Story Project (U.S.)
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#day17 #shortstories It's such a long time since I read these stories but they were very memorable.... When Paul Auster was invited to write short stories for a regular radio slot, he didn't have time. So instead he invited listeners to submit their own stories. And that became The National Story Project, over 4000 personal stories received. This anthology contains 179 of the best "Like the snapshots we carry around of our own families" #booktober

RealLifeReading That sounds like a great read! I'll have to look out for this! 8y
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