The book explores themes of the holocaust, survivors guilt, hatred, homophobia, loss of identity, the death of the American dream, the wastedness of peoples lives, loveless marriages and so on. It has people fleeing Nazi oppression, shooting a dog between the eyes and skinning it, and a sexual assa...
I enjoyed [b:The Yiddish Policemen's Union|16703|The Yiddish Policemen's Union|Michael Chabon|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349076093s/16703.jpg|95855] more, but this book is interesting because it is about the power of stories.
I knew that this was, essentially, a love letter to the Golden Age. That's what drew me to the book in the first place. And all of those sections are really fantastic. It sure seems like Chabon is knowledgeable about the subject, and certainly loves it. The behind-the-scenes look at the creation of ...
First of all, I have a confession to make. When I pick up a book and see that "Winner of the Pulitzer Prize" sticker, it almost immediately makes me dislike the book. That's not to say that I dislike all award winners (I'm slowly working my way through the Printz award winners), but sometimes Puli...
This is a book that's easy to see people giving up on, or getting confused by. Not that it's hard to follow, it's not. But your expectations will be played with, rewarded, and punished, at different times. Roll with it, and just enjoy. The impatient will at times be frustrated with seemingly pointle...
I started collecting comic books when I was 12 years old. Like most 12-year-olds, I wasn't particularly discriminating, picking up whatever I could afford with my allowance at the local Mac's Milk. If it was a Marvel team book, and there, I probably bought it. (I was never as much interested in the ...
I'm actually glad that I put off reading this book for as long as I did. A great deal of my enjoyment came from outside sources: my previous experience of reading essays on literature by Chabon (his book Maps and Legends) and my slowly growing interest in the form and history of comic books and grap...
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