Summerland

by Michael Chabon | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0786816155 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingglade1wing of McLeansville, North Carolina USA on 6/20/2008
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Journal Entry 1 by wingglade1wing from McLeansville, North Carolina USA on Friday, June 20, 2008
Picked up from the free shelf at the used book store today. From Amazon:

In Summerland, his first novel for young readers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon attempts an American Narnia. Inspired by Lewis and Tolkien, he's created his own magical landscape on which to paint a sweeping fantasy quest, but mixes the same ingredients--folklore and new inventions--in a distinctively American way. The plot is simple and pure, but takes a long time to tell. The setting is Clam Island, Washington, specifically the area on the western tip of the island known as the Summerlands, which enjoys zero rainfall and yearlong fine weather. Ethan Feld, a self-described really bad ball player, is recruited by a 100-year-old scout called Mr. Chiron "Ringfinger" Brown. Ethan is needed to help the ferishers, essentially fairies, to save their world from eradication. On the great infinite tree of worlds, Summerland is on the boundary between two such worlds, and a particularly destructive fairy called Coyote and his band of warriors are nearby and threatening to destroy everything. Heroes are desperately needed to counter this threat, and their journey involves a lot of baseball, but also encounters with giants, bat-winged goblins, sea monsters, and assorted cunning magic. The novel features an ensemble cast of equal parts that shine and fade in turn, and yet the undoubtedly fine writing fails to mask the enormity and complexities of the world in which they travel, and the bad guys getting their comeuppance always seems so far away. Readers need to savor every word in Summerland to extract the best flavors from it.

Journal Entry 2 by wingglade1wing at McLeansville, North Carolina USA on Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Just finished this fun tale of fairies and sasquatches and other magical creatures, and the world that runs parallel to ours. Its overarching theme is baseball, which is not really my thing, but the author makes it fun and relevant. The only part that made me flinch was his use of "Indians" and their lore. Seemed a bit outdated. Mark me as a liberal PC kind of girl...

Journal Entry 3 by wingglade1wing at Cone Health Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina USA on Friday, September 30, 2022

Released 1 yr ago (9/30/2022 UTC) at Cone Health Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina USA

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