![]() There are second chances and redemption.” There are other stories than the ones we have collectively chosen. As he tells us himself, in one of the novel’s several moments of disarming directness: “The thesis of this book is that we are trapped in stories but that we may be able to imagine our way to better ones. But what makes one kind of story, one version of reality, more successful than another? Why do some live and flourish, while others are ignored or disappear? In the era of Twitter storms and fake news these questions are more important and pressing than ever, and they lie at the core of Marcel Theroux’s ambitious, if idiosyncratic, new novel. ![]() ![]() While some encourage hope and tolerance, others foster only anxiety, anger or despair. Although we can never be sure that any one of these stories represents the absolute or permanent truth, some are more believable and appealing than others. ![]() W e live in a world made up of competing and contradictory stories: stories about origins and identity, the good and the bad, the future and the past. ![]()
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