Maps and legends : reading and writing along the borderlands /
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 "ser...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco, Calif. :
McSweeney's Books,
[2008]
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781932416893 1932416897 |