Maps and legends

By Michael Chabon

Subjects: Appreciation, Grenze, Essays (single author), Biography, American authors, Literature, Books and reading, Authors and readers, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Reader-response criticism, Authorship, History and criticism

Description: 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.