Ameto vs We Find Ourselves in Other People's Stories: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Art de conter, Storytelling, Literary Criticism
Ameto
Originally published in 1985, this book contains a full translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's L'Ameto, alongside textual notes.Giovanni Boccaccio is famous for his great collection of short stories, the Decameron, but his…
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We Find Ourselves in Other People's Stories
We Find Ourselves in Other People’s Stories: On Narrative Collapse and a Lifetime Search for Story is a collection of five essays that dissolves the boundary between personal writing and academic writing, a longstanding…
The verdict
- Very close on paper — pick by the themes that pull you more.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Ameto | We Find Ourselves in Other People's Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.7 (7) |
Reception
| Ameto | We Find Ourselves in Other People's Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 7 |
| Editions | 14 | 6 |
| Pages | 100 | 100 |