Meaning of Chabonesque | Babel Free

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Resembling or characteristic of American novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and short story writer Michael Chabon (born 1963).

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“Now, with Werewolves in Their Youth, his splendid new volume of short stories, it’s possible to speak⟳ of a Chabon oeuvre, to recognize a style and certain subject matters as Chabonesque.”

“Mapping is a very Chabonesque activity; in Summerland, he creates not one world but four, linked by a vast tree.”

“A wonderful setup of an opening chapter—Conan Doylish and yet quite stylish and Chabonesque in its own⟳ right.”

“With Pittsburgh soon to reappear on cinema screens worldwide, cab drivers better be ready to take⟳ visitors to such Chabonesque landmarks as the Cloud Factory.”

““The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” is itself a translation of a Chandler detective mystery such as “The Big Sleep⟳” (1939) or “Farewell, My Lovely” (1940)—translated into Chabonesque American.”

“DS [Delia Sherman]: I definitely think⟳ Chabon has written a lot of interstitial fiction. When The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay came out, I saw⟳ it as interstitial, existing at the confluence of historical, literary, and fantastic fiction, all in the service (and this is the kicker) of turning a pair of schlubs who imagined superheroes into superheroes themselves (for a Chabonesque value of superhero).”

“But the pervading effervescence reminds me of when my grandfather, asked what he thought of Salman Rushdie’s fiction, observed, in a Chabonesque simile, that it was like⟳ eating Chinese food: all very nice when it’s going on, but afterwards it just leaves you feeling empty.”

“Actually, forget⟳ Joycean or Bellovian or any other authorial allusion. "Telegraph Avenue" might best be described as Chabonesque.”

“Suffusing the final pages of the novel with an appropriately and characteristically Chabonesque note⟳ of nostalgia, Chabon describes a meeting between the former friends Julius and Titus.”

“There are moments at which you can feel⟳ the irresistible temptation to embellish and invent⟳, to infuse reality with Chabonesque touches of wistful Jewish magic realism, being resisted.”

“This is a film that actually wants to be a novel; or maybe what I mean⟳ is, Amsterdam feels like⟳ an unsuccessful adaptation of a better book, perhaps a Chabonesque sprawl of indelible characters darting between actual history and narrative fancy, densely plotted and peopled.”

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