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March Book Club - CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by Anthony Doerr

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The Oral Tradition of Storytelling

The oral tradition of storytelling is like cloud cuckoo land the folio that exists within this thing is within the frame of a telling of a story to a sick child. A story told to someone who is suffering to make them feel better remains true through thousands of years um yeah I guess I I agree with you as a wrapping up Mary points out that disruptive technologies feature in this story. John says that the canon referenced in the story is real and even the amount of oxen it took to pull this thing would have been closer to the city if he had done it differently.

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