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Mappe e leggende. Avventure ai confini della lettura

di Michael Chabon

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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.… (altro)
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I've only read one other book by Michael Chabon ([b:The Yiddish Policemen's Union|16703|The Yiddish Policemen's Union|Michael Chabon|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178032098s/16703.jpg|95855]), but I will definitely be reading more. And I'll probably be revisiting this one.

He's won a Pulitzer prize, but he has a unique way of crossing from that supposedly more literary world into the realms of what is usually referred to as 'genre' (mysteries, science fiction, comics, and pulp). This collection of essays, as the title suggests, provides a sort of map between his two worlds. They are eloquent ruminations on not only his own life and background and work, but also the works of others (his insights into Cormac McArthy's [b:The Road|350540|The Road|Cormac McCarthy|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233151881s/350540.jpg|3355573] by themselves make this book worth investigating).

This volume is (as others have pointed out), a 'defense of genre fiction'. ( )
  zot79 | Aug 20, 2023 |
I came to this book thinking there would be a little more analysis, there was none. He starts with the reason we read, listen to music, watch movies, and tell stories: for entertainment. Entertainment that is a necessary and inescapable part of the human condition even if it is masked with ironic enjoyment. The fences that separate high brow, low brow, and even pop simply don't exist. It is all entertainment and someone can find joy in it if not any kind of meaning, deep or otherwise.
Most of the essays read as ‘I like this’ and goes on unanalytically about how he first experienced it and what he has since gleaned from the experience since but in a very well-written and entertaining way. He also talked about how sometimes his entertainments (comics, YA books, etc.) and stories told to him tied into his work as a writer on occasion.
I did enjoy the book. It was a smooth read all the way through with the last essay being my favorite, Golems I have Known. I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone with a passing interest in comics, short and pulp fiction, and golems or for just the sheer entertainment value. ( )
  Ranjr | Jul 13, 2023 |
Interesting opinions and baffling appreciations, collected mostly from magazine pieces. The autobiographical pieces are sure to be interesting to those curious about how Chabon got his start, and his takes on Philip Pullman and Cormac McCarthy are well-argued and stimulating. On the other hand, his paean to the cartoonist Howard Chaykin seems entirely unjustified on the basis of the one page of Chaykin material supplied here, and there are times when he comes off as more than a little smug in his intellectual self-assurance. A mixed bag. ( )
  john.cooper | Dec 22, 2022 |
admittedly, my chabon blindspot is larger than jupiter, but this was a delightful collection of short stories and essays about chabon's life and writing process, and meditations about both the type of stories he likes to read, and the sort of novels he'd like to write. heeeeeeeeart. michael chabon, i'd convert to judaism for you! ( )
  kickthebeat | Nov 1, 2020 |
De essäer som här samlats handlar i stort sett endast om underhållaning, från den inledande som försvarar denna förkättrade benämning, till en avslutande bonusessä om superhjältar och deras dräkter. På vägen dit passeras nordisk mytologi, Sherlock Holmes, golem, serier (vissa av dem sådana jag aldrig hört talas om) och spökhistorier.

Det är, kort sagt, den sorts litteratur svagare naturer inte vill erkänna sig läsa; den sorts litteratur som med obemärkt ironi på engelska sägs tillhöra genrer. Chabon tycker sådana attityder är nonsens, i synnerhet när sådan litteratur råkar komma från pennan av en »riktig« (möjligen »viktig«) författare och då måste frälsas från att förpassas till specialhyllorna i boklådorna. Att han således låter Cormac McCarty ta plats mellan American Flagg! (en av de där okända serierna) och M.R. James, författare till spökhistorier, får nog sägas vara en form av lätt dold drift med sådana attityder.

Nu är det här förvisso en samling essäer, och inte bara en samling texter om litteratur och tillhörande teori; Chabon visar att han förstår vad detta ger för möjligheter genom att inte nöja sig med att skriva lite för smart prosa om andras texter, utan ger sig också på sina egna minnen, främst från sin uppväxt i ett framväxande Utopia (som till slut visade sig bli bara ännu en villaförort), om sin judiska bakgrund, och hur det gick till när han skrev sina första böcker.

Sådant ger välkommen omväxling, för även om han är ivrig att se till att läsaren hänger med ordentligt och därför t.ex. avslöjar mycket av handlingen i de två första böckerna när han skriver om Philip Pullmans Den mörka materien, så är det ändå en svår konst att skriva om litteratur i andra hand.

Så, även om det är svårt att göra mig helt nöjd med essäistik, så kommer det här mer än tillräckligt nära. Jag gillar överlag de ämnen som presenteras, jag gillar Chabons sätt att skriva, och jag gillar i stort sett de åsikter han torgför. Även om han kanske inte revolutionerar hur jag ser på de ämnen han skriver om så ger han ändå en tillräckligt att tänka på. ( )
  andejons | May 26, 2018 |
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The more I dive into this matter of whaling, and push my researches up to the very spring-head of it, so much the more am I impressed with its great honorableness and antiquity; and especially when I find so many great demi-gods and heroes, prophets of all sorts, who one way or other have shed distinction upon it, I am transported with the reflection that I myself belong, though but subordinately, to so emblazoned a fraternity.

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Ghost stories, mysteries, stories of terror or adventure or modern urban life- descend from the fireside tale, told with wolves in the woods all around, with winter howling at the window.   pg 132
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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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