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