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A review by trilobiter
Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon
5.0
Writers writing about writing - about the work of other writers, about their own, and the ties that bind - is a favored genre of mine. I love slipping from essay to essay, taking in the flavor of references caught and references uncaught, prompting a quick dash to the computer to discover its secrets, before returning for more treasure.
Chabon's book hit me exactly in the sweet spot. True to the mystique of its title I found it overflowing with treasures, in the form of books and stories I must now read. I can't rest now until I've absorbed Pullman's His Dark Marerials trilogy, or Weschler's Julius Knipl . Come to think of it, it seems perversely strange that I've never read Chabon's own The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay . So much work to do...
Chabon's book hit me exactly in the sweet spot. True to the mystique of its title I found it overflowing with treasures, in the form of books and stories I must now read. I can't rest now until I've absorbed Pullman's His Dark Marerials trilogy, or Weschler's Julius Knipl . Come to think of it, it seems perversely strange that I've never read Chabon's own The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay . So much work to do...