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[Unedited] Mary Doria Russell With Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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The Importance of Storytelling

I was thinking about a couple of the characters in the sparrow and the children of God, this science fiction kind of epic that you have. And there's Sophia Mendes, who's Jewish, who, as you wrote at one point early on when we get to know her, you said the Torah taught Choose Life. But the story of Sophia Mendes' life, at that point, especially when we first meet her, yeah, she chose life and survived. She sold her body. She sells her mind. I don't know. Maybe that's the origin of storytelling, is that need to communicate clearly. Sometimes it's just an accurate portrayal of it.

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