Trickster Makes This World

Mischief, Myth, and Art

By: Lewis Hyde, Michael Chabon - foreword

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

In Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories—Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyote in North America, among others—and then holds them up against the lives and work of more recent creators: Picasso, Duchamp, Ginsberg, John Cage, and Frederick Douglass. Twelve years after its first publication, Trickster Makes This World—authoritative in its scholarship, loose-limbed in its style—has taken its place among the great works of modern cultural criticism.

This new edition includes an introduction by Michael Chabon.

©1998 Lewis Hyde; Foreword copyright 2010 by Michael Chabon (P)2022 Tantor

my favorite book is finally available in audio!

I have loved this book for many years, bought it for friends, and been waiting to find the full audio version! narrator definitely does it justice

Such an interesting and deep look at the trickster archetype

So many layers to this book. I think if more people would embrace the trickster, it could really bring us together. It speaks to the undertones of what divides us, our judgments of others and our own righteousness. It’s a great read to expand the awareness of the psyche and even address some of the shadow within us.

Brilliant, clear and concise

Wow. A brilliant series of ideas wonderful presented and laid out, deconstructing the role of the trickster in world myth and with wonderful applications of the role mirrored in real life historical figures. A must for all writers and storytellers.

Interesting information

The author should have read the book. I bought because I heard him on a podcast. His voice is way better

WOAH!!

I tried reading the paperback version of this book twice but it was quite a slog. Sensing that there’s a treasure of gold in this book, I tried the audiobook version. What a difference! With a lively narrator, this massive information becomes a college course taught by an engaging story teller. Listening to this audiobook (although long) was enjoyable and well worth the money and the time.