TRUMPLESTILTSKIN
A Fairy Tale
American politics is a crazy place right now. TRUMPELSTILTSKIN puts that craziness into perspective in a simple fairy tale. My only request as you read TRUMPELSTILTSKIN dear reader, is that you have a willingness to think critically, to engage in meaningful discussion, and to question your own beliefs and try to understand those of others. If you are willing to take on these tasks, then it is just possible that TRUMPELSTILTSKIN: A FAIRY TALE may not only be a fun read, but have some value, as well.
TRUMPELSTILTSKIN is also available as a readers' play. Just click the double-arrow link above to see the downloadable pdf. And if you're interested in the play, give me a shout through the Contact page.
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Author comments
I wrote TRUMPELSTILTSKIN in 2016, with the following lead in:
American politics is a crazy place right now. TRUMPELSTILTSKIN puts that craziness into perspective in a simple fairy tale. As one early reader said: "To my mind, this has more rhetorical power than the the editorials of a gaggle of pundits."
TRUMPELSTILTSKIN is a big deal to me because I think story can reveal truth in a way that a thousand news reports or we-know-all-the-answer-let-us-tell-you polls cannot. And especially story in the form of allegory or, as in this case, fairy tale. The reason these genres are so powerful is that they allow the reader to decide how they interpret the story and what they take from it. Both allegory and fairy tales provide, as Merriam-Webster says, "...the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence."
My only request as you read TRUMPELSTILTSKIN dear reader, is that you have a willingness to think critically, to engage in meaningful discussion, and to question your own beliefs and try to understand those of others. If you are willing to take on these tasks, then it is just possible that TRUMPELSTILTSKIN: A FAIRY TALE may not only be a fun read, but have some value, as well.
Special notes
I wrote the TRUMPELSTILTSKIN Readers' Play for your group—theater, school, church, dinner party, family, whatever!—to put it on. A readers' play means just that, you print out the document, staple or bind it, maybe practice reading it together with the acting troupe (or not, just depends on how big a deal you are making it!), and then GO! You can sit around and read, or the actors can ... well ... act, wandering the stage as they read their parts. That's up to you! If you do take on TRUMPELSTILTSKIN as a Readers' Play, please give me a shout via my Contact page—I would love to hear about it!—thanks.
Reviews
"To my mind, this has more rhetorical power than the the editorials of a gaggle of pundits."
— A retired Professor of Literature
"Love this timely fairy tale! One to keep around to remind us of these crazy times!"
— 5 of 5 *** (Amazon)
"A great viewpoint for seeing the mindset of this year's republican nominee."
— 5 of 5 *** (Amazon)