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Apr 28, 2008 · Hardcover – April 28, 2008. 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 ...
- Michael Chabon
Feb 24, 2009 · This book consists of 17 essays about reading and writing. As the book’s title--also the title of the second essay--suggests, there’s an analogy drawn between story and a map, but—more importantly-- Chabon proposes that the literary domain is a realm with frontiers and hinterlands.
- Michael Chabon
Dec 20, 2011 · He is living proof of his theory that the stories that give us great pleasure are in many ways our truest, best art—the building blocks of our shared imagination—and in Maps and Legends, he “makes an inviting case for bridging the gap between popular and literary writing” (O, The Oprah Magazine).
May 14, 2022 · 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.
May 22, 2008 · Maps and Legends amounts to more than lists of Chabon's favorite stuff. These 16 pieces—collected from publications as diverse as Architectural Digest and The New York Review of Books—are ...
"Maps & Legends is a lovesong in 16 parts - a series of linked essays in praise of reading and writing, with subjects running from ghost stories to comic books, Sherlock Homes to Cormac McCarthy. Throughout, Chabon energetically argues for a return to the thrilling, chilling origins of storytelling, rejecting the false walls around 'serious ...
Maps and Legends is a 2008 collection of sixteen essays by American author Michael Chabon, his first book-length foray into nonfiction. Several of these essays are defenses of the author's work in genre literature (such as science fiction, fantasy, and comics), while others are more autobiographical, explaining how the author came to write several of his most popular works.
