Short History of Myth

<p>As long as we have been human we have been mythmakers. In <i>A Short History of Myth</i> Karen Armstrong holds up the mirror of mythology to show us the history of ourselves and embarks on a journey that begins at a Neanderthal graveside and ends buried in the heart of the modern novel. <p/>Surprising powerful and profound <i>A Short History of Myth</i> examines the world's most ancient art form - the making and telling of stories - and why we still need it. <p/><b>The Myths series brings together some of the world's finest writers each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong Margaret Atwood A.S. Byatt David Grossman Natsuo Kirino Alexander McCall Smith Philip Pullman Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson.</b></p>