Trip to the Moon Understanding the True Power Of Story

<A masterclass in telling stories - and how they shape our world - from the internationally renowned narrative expert<<
To command narrative is to control a sometimes frightening power. What is it that turbocharges some tales, and how is it possible to harness that potency?

John Yorke''s groundbreaking bestseller,
Revealing the artful symmetry and underlying principles that connect Summer beach reads to Classical Chinese poetry, superhero flicks to Russian arthouse, and classical rhetoric to state propaganda, Yorke makes dazzling connections, revealing the reasons why some stories cause wars, some move mountains and a select few cross culture, language and form.

Product details

• Authors: Yorke John, John Yorke
• Publisher: Particular Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 29.01.2026
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9780241631089
• ISBN: 978-0-241-63108-9
• Pages: 496
• Dimensions (packing): 16.3 x 24.1 x 4.2 cm
• Subjects: Film, memory, Joseph Campbell, Education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Creativity, Theory of art, Storytelling, Story, Paranormal, HISTORY / Social History, Creative Writing, ART / Criticism & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, Comparative Literature, Work, Social and cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Screenwriting, Creative writing & creative writing guides, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Media studies: TV and society, Film Scripts & Screenplays, Literary Criticism, Film, television, radio and performing arts genres, Cross-cultural / Intercultural studies and topics, how to write a book, screenwriting; film; story; storytelling; literary criticism; creative writing; the artists way; how to write a book; joseph campbell; robert mckee; education; work; creativity; memory; paranormal, the artists way, robert mckee