For Merce, there has been no need, no wish to translate from some other language -- be it that of music (parroting forms, rhythms or moods) or the written word (retelling a story, myth or legend that has already been told).
You could say that Bruce Olds's remarkable new novel, "Bucking the Tiger," is a retelling of the story of Doc Holliday and the Old West, but that word "retelling" seems woefully inadequate to describe a novel whose ambition is to redefine the very nature of storytelling.
I was immediately convinced by Tolstoy's claim that the only accurate, and thus really truthful, interpretation of "Anna Karenina" was a word-for-word retelling; and, since "Anna Karenina" already existed with 100 percent word-for-word accuracy, what use was Strakhov?
a 300-word note retelling the most formative experience in your life.
Tomorrow from noon to 4 p.m, with a panel at 2 p.m., "Between the Word and the Image: Retelling the Story," with Carolivia Herron, the author of "Nappy Hair," guest illustrators and a collage workshop.
Sunday and Feb. 24 from noon to 4 p.m, "Between the Word and the Image: Retelling the Story," with Carolivia Heron, the author of "Nappy Hair," guest illustrators and a collage workshop.
Inspiration seems more like the right word than retelling, as it was certainly rather loosely based on Shakespeare's tale, mostly in the sense that the protagonist's father's ghost appears and tells her about the circumstances of his death.
In addition, Mr. Santore has written and illustrated two of his own stories: "William the Curious: Knight of the Water Lilies" (1997), a charming fable set in the Land of Far and Wide, and "A Stowaway on Noah's Ark," his recently published book that retells the biblical tale through the adventures of a small rodent named Achbar (the Hebrew word for mouse).
"They mostly rely on pencil-on-paper tests that rely on verbal memory, for instance retelling a story or recalling a list of words.
These Pie Corbett-inspired story recount frames The Papaya that Spoke and Monkey See, Monkey Do have been designed to improve children's fluency in retelling this story, both in the spoken and written word.
