The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1 [Hardcover]

Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Author)

Book Description

Release date: December 6, 2011 | Series: The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories (Book 1)

From hitRECord, the immensely popular open collaborative production company, and its founder, Golden Globe-nominated actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, comes The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1.

The universe is not made of atoms; it’s made of tiny stories.

To create The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, known within the hitRECord community as RegularJOE—directed thousands of collaborators to tell tiny stories through words and art. With the help of the entire creative collective, Gordon-Levitt culled, edited and curated over 8,500 contributions into this finely tuned collection of original art from 67 contributors. Reminiscent of the 6-Word Memoir series, The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1 brings together art and voices from around the world to unite and tell stories that defy size.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Amazon Best Books of the Month, December 2011: The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories packs a lot of talent into one quirky little gem of a book. The result of a collaboration between artists and writers from around the globe and edited by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, these illustrated stories--each merely a few lines long--run the gamut of funny, clever, poignant, and delightfully odd. Reading The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories is like eating an unmapped box of chocolates--you don’t know what is going to come next, only that it’s bound to be good. --Seira Wilson

Review

“With more than 40,000 participants working together to create short films, music, art or stories, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s hitRECord offers a creative opportunity for fresh talent to team together and expose their art.” (Time magazine )

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 88 pages
• Publisher: It Books (December 6, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062121669
• ISBN-13: 978-0062121660
• Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 0.5 x 6.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #43 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Pop Culture > Art

More About the Author

Joseph Gordon-Levitt's acting career has managed to garner a massive popular appeal while maintaining a widely respected artistic integrity. He starred in the Academy Award-nominated Inception, one of the highest grossing films of 2010, earning over $800 million world-wide, and received Golden Globe, Independent Spirit, and People's Choice award nominations for his performance in 2009's (500) Days of Summer. Upcoming films include Looper, starring opposite Bruce Willis; The Dark Knight Rises, the third installment in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy; and Stephen Spielberg's Lincoln.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Tiny Book of Joy December 7, 2011

By Melanie Rose

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I stumbled across this little gem the other day while on Amazon. It was a bit of an impulse buy at first but has since turned into one of my favorite reads this month. "The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories" is a collaborative work of (very) short stories by members of the website Hitrecord ([...]) which is directed by actor and artist Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception, 50/50 etc). This highly enjoyable collection of stories and illustrations range from the fanciful to the profound. One page finds a curious King Midas another the "chance" encounter between Fate and Coincidence. My particular favorite begins "just before I died my life passed before my eyes..." (pg 24) which accompanies a stunning illustration of a person in shadow surrounded by lines, the placement of which suggest the inside of an eye. Each story is left up to the interpretation of the reader which gives this collection a quasi-creative-writing-workshop feel to it, making the English major in me smile and cringe at times.

Witticisms and cutesy images of eggs and oranges aside the endearing thread that binds this collection together is the obvious love and care of the writers and artists who contributed to this work. Each page is a testament to the purity of the creative process and that is something to be celebrated. Here is a work of art by mostly anonymous (and perhaps first time) artisans in an effort to spread the idea of collaborative creation, a refreshing concept that is perhaps somewhat foreign to the current climate of me me me but which reminds us of the enduring need (as writers, readers, and everyone in between) to tell stories. Simple stories of life.

~Highly recommended ~

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! December 9, 2011

By Michael Kelley

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

The best way to describe this "Tiny Book" is mind opening. With little stories that stretch your imagination in phenomenal ways with just a few words and art that adds a 1000 words to each story you would be crazy not to purchase this book! To see the masterpiece imaginative minds of many people mend together in such a way is truly inspiring. This book isn't just a bunch of small stories, it is a bunch of tiny stories that will take you to places your imagination and mind couldn't go without it, please do not miss out on this book!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Such a cute little book! December 8, 2011

By Kelly Ryder

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

This tiny book is filled literally with a bunch of tiny stories, but they are just long enough to elicit feelings of happiness or sadness, or even a little chuckle. The illustrations accompany the short stories quite well. Definitely worth the purchase, even for just a collector. I'm excited to get Volume 2 now!