Maps and Legends

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Publication Year:
2011

ISBN-13: 9781453234136

<DIV><B>The Pulitzer Prize winner explores the literary joys of sci-fi and superheroes, gumshoes and goblins, and the stories that bring us together.</B><BR /><BR /> &ldquo;I read for entertainment, and I write to entertain. Period.&rdquo; 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 &ldquo;genre&rdquo; fiction.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> In this lively collection of sixteen critical and personal essays, the author of <I>The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &amp; Clay</I> 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&rsquo;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.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Throughout, Chabon reveals his own blooming as a writer, from <I>The Mysteries of Pittsburgh </I>to <I>The Yiddish Policeman&rsquo;s Union</I>. He is living proof of his theory that the stories that give us great pleasure are in many ways our truest, best art&mdash;the building blocks of our shared imagination&mdash;and in <I>Maps and Legends</I>, he &ldquo;makes an inviting case for bridging the gap between popular and literary writing&rdquo; (<I>O, The Oprah Magazine</I>).<BR /> &#160;<DIV><I>This ebook features a biography of the author.</I></DIV></DIV>