My Catholic friend tilted her teacup like a fortune-teller. "You know," she said, "I think people who don't have God in their lives are like people...
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This what I imagine dinner conversation with Michael Chabon might be like. He's brilliant, and speaking of entertaining... well, he does.
It's a book to savor, rereading the prose, the descriptive details, the clarification of genres, nurse romances- and not only can I see, but I can smell the basement he describes..
A simply brilliant command of language, of metaphor.
Fun to read, thought-provoking, inspirational.
He supports programs for young writers, thank you!!!!
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Maps and Legends by Michael Chabon
beggarmagik, April 24, 2008
This what I imagine dinner conversation with Michael Chabon might be like. He's brilliant, and speaking of entertaining... well, he does.It's a book to savor, rereading the prose, the descriptive details, the clarification of genres, nurse romances- and not only can I see, but I can smell the basement he describes..
A simply brilliant command of language, of metaphor.
Fun to read, thought-provoking, inspirational.
He supports programs for young writers, thank you!!!!
(5 of 6 readers found this comment helpful)