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A review by jayme
Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon
3.0
A book of essays. The first half of them are about literature. Chabon gives his opinions on famous books from Conan Doyle, Pullman, McCarthy, and a few more obscure works as well as his thoughts on comics. I particularly enjoyed the essay on Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. I was totally ignorant of its Dante origins and I loved reading Chabon's thoughts on the series.
The second half of the essays are more autobiographical. My favourite was My Back Pages. I don't know why but I really love reading all about how author's first started writing and why. Anyway, this book was fun to read, I think Chabon fans would get a kick out of reading about how his brain ticks.
P.S. This might have the most awesome dust jacket I've ever seen...well three dust jackets. They layer together to make the pretty picture that you can see up at the top corner of the page!
The second half of the essays are more autobiographical. My favourite was My Back Pages. I don't know why but I really love reading all about how author's first started writing and why. Anyway, this book was fun to read, I think Chabon fans would get a kick out of reading about how his brain ticks.
P.S. This might have the most awesome dust jacket I've ever seen...well three dust jackets. They layer together to make the pretty picture that you can see up at the top corner of the page!