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The Pulitzer Prize winner explores the literary joys of sci-fi and superheroes, gumshoes and goblins, and the stories that bring us together.
"I read for entertainment, and I write to entertain. Period." Such is the manifesto of Michael Chabon, an author of indisputable literary renown who maintains a fierce appreciation of the seductive arts of so-called "genre" fiction.
In this lively collection of sixteen critical and personal essays, the author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay champions the cause of westerns, horror, and all the stories, comics, and pulp fiction that get pushed aside when literary discussion turns serious. Whether he's taking up Superman or Sherlock Holmes, Poe or Proust, Chabon makes it his emphatic mission to explore the reasons we tell one another tales.
Throughout, Chabon reveals his own blooming as a writer, from The Mysteries of Pittsburgh to The Yiddish Policeman's Union. 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).
This ebook features a biography of the author.
"I read for entertainment, and I write to entertain. Period." Such is the manifesto of Michael Chabon, an author of indisputable literary renown who maintains a fierce appreciation of the seductive arts of so-called "genre" fiction.
In this lively collection of sixteen critical and personal essays, the author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay champions the cause of westerns, horror, and all the stories, comics, and pulp fiction that get pushed aside when literary discussion turns serious. Whether he's taking up Superman or Sherlock Holmes, Poe or Proust, Chabon makes it his emphatic mission to explore the reasons we tell one another tales.
Throughout, Chabon reveals his own blooming as a writer, from The Mysteries of Pittsburgh to The Yiddish Policeman's Union. 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).
This ebook features a biography of the author.
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Index with Recommended Reading
Index prepared by author
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Trickster in a Suit of Lights: Thoughts on the Modern Short Story
- Maps and Legends
- Fan Fictions: On Sherlock Holmes
- Ragnarok Boy
- On Daemons & Dust
- Kids' Stuff
- The Killer Hook: Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
- Dark Adventure: On Cormac McCarthy's The Road
- The Other James
- Landsman of the Lost
- Thoughts on the Death of Will Eisner
- My Back Pages
- Diving into the Wreck
- The Recipe for Life
- Imaginary Homelands
- Golems I Have Known, or, Why My Elder Son's Middle Name Is Napoleon
- Secret Skin: An Essay in Unitard Theory
- A Biography of Michael Chabon
- Index and Recommended Reading
- Copyright Page