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Among other authors that fit your description of narrations of various versions of what happened, according to unreliable witnesses, I would suggest Akiro Kurosawa's Rashomon which, fittingly, means "The door of the defensive wall."
by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Tue Dec 11th, 2012 at 07:54:49 AM EST
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For those who have seen the film-- or its American Western version-- the title is extraordinary because the various narrators take refuge from the rain under the door which is the only thing left standing. The defensive walls have been destroyed.
by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Tue Dec 11th, 2012 at 08:02:47 AM EST
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