tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post8938754314103256886..comments2024-03-04T11:22:53.502-05:00Comments on Fifty Books Project 2023: The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonFifty Books Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640286429668778869noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-59877890592081193952008-12-31T12:56:00.000-05:002008-12-31T12:56:00.000-05:00I think Chabon's "Maps and Legends" is his respons...I think Chabon's "Maps and Legends" is his response to criticism that his books weren't symbolic enough, and his argument that there's value in a great story for the sake of storytelling. It's got a real pretty cover.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280694358337916814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-50961059854306733012008-10-20T09:14:00.000-04:002008-10-20T09:14:00.000-04:00This book sounds very complex.This book sounds very complex.Brent Waggonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121696882391723790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-64626982896459255652008-10-18T01:04:00.000-04:002008-10-18T01:04:00.000-04:00*Interesting sidenote: In Barton Fink, Mastrionott...*Interesting sidenote: In <I>Barton Fink</I>, Mastrionotti and Deutsch symbolize Italy and Germany, respectively, as the movie itself allegorizes the rise to power of Nazism and Fascism in the 1930's. Just interesting to see that the Coens use the noir detective schtick to characterize two very anti-Semitic figures, while Chabon does, of course, the opposite.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500451355263180972noreply@blogger.com