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9781932416893
Maps & Legends
by Chabon, Michael
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- ISBN-13: 9781932416893
- ISBN: 1932416897
- Publication Date: 2008
- Publisher: McSweeney's Publishing
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SUMMARY
Michael Chabon's sparkling first book of nonfiction is a love song in 16 parts a series of linked essays in praise of reading and writing, with subjects running from ghost stories to comic books, Sherlock Holmes to Cormac McCarthy. Throughout, Chabon energetically argues for a return to the thrilling, chilling origins of storytelling, rejecting the false walls around "serious" literature in favor of a wide-ranging affection. His own fiction, meanwhile, is explored from the perspective of personal history: post-collegiate desperation sparks his debut,The Mysteries of Pittsburgh;procrastination and doubt reveal the way towardWonder Boys;a love of comics and a basement golem combine to create the Pulitzer Prize-winningThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay;and an enigmatic Yiddish phrasebook unfurls intoThe Yiddish Policeman's Union.Chabon, Michael is the author of 'Maps & Legends', published 2008 under ISBN 9781932416893 and ISBN 1932416897.
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