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Product Details

  • Paperback: 228 pages
  • Publisher: Del Rey; Reprint edition (September 30, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345502078
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345502070
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (172 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #448,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful Homage to Classic Adventure
By A. Ross HALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on April 29, 2008
Format: Hardcover
This book should come with a big warning wrapper: "Michael Chabon's latest book is unlike his previous work, it is an homage to classic adventure writing -- your results may vary." That's because it's a book whose enjoyment depends heavily on the reader's expectations, and a number of reviewers seem to find fault with it because of this. If you're a fan of Chabon, be warned that it's miles away from his early work like Wonder Boys or The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and while it shares certain themes with more recent work like Kavalier & Clay, The Final Solution, and The Yiddish Policeman's Union, it's a large stylistic departure and really an experiment unto itself.

Originally written in serial chapters published in the New York Times Magazine, the story follows the stylistic and narrative conventions of the old time pulp serials. And if you've never read any old adventure classics like H. Rider Haggard's Allan Quartermain stories, Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian stories, or Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar stories, then the heavily stylized form may throw you. Indeed, some reviewers have complained that the story is confusing and hard to follow, which frankly, baffles me. Like its literary ancestors, the plot is such that a 10-year-old could follow and recount it, so the conclusion I draw is that the genre itself is defeating some readers.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsFrom Here to Khazaria (3.5 stars)
By Lonya VINE VOICE on August 28, 2007
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The story of the Jewish kingdom of the Khazars is a fascinating piece of history. The Khazars were a collection of semi-nomadic tribes that wandered through the Caucasus region of what is now Russia. Khazaria, loosely thought of as the isthmus-like land mass located between the Black and Caspian Seas, was an ideal site for merchants and wandering traders. Khazaria was buffeted on three sides by the Caliphate's Islamic forces to the south, Byzantium's Greek Christian forces to the southwest, and the barbarian Kievan Rus forces to the north. In an act of geopolitical realpolitik the Khagan, leader of the Khazars, converted to Judaism at some point in the seventh century in order to maintain a neutral balance of power in the region. The Jewish Khazars maintained dominance in the region from around the latter part of the 8th century until the early part of the 11thcentury at which point the Kievan Russians, who had converted to Christianity and aligned themselves with the Byzantines, overturned the Khazar's rule. The story of the ancient Khazars is an intriguing one that makes for a fascinating historical study. They were the sole independent Jewish state ever to exist outside of contemporary Israel. There have been some good books, both fiction and non-fiction, about the Khazars including: The Jews of Khazaria, Dictionary of the Khazars (M), and ...Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 stars"On Discord Arising from the Excessive Love of a Hat"
By R. Sundquist on December 29, 2008
Format: Hardcover
The blurbs on the back cover compare "Gentlemen of the Road" to Alexandre Dumas and Edgar Rice Burroughs -- an old fashioned adventure story, short, fast paced, and easy to read. In its specifics it more closely resembles the Fafrhd and Grey Mouser series of stories by Fritz Leiber: a similar luxury of language and verbal wit, and a pair of juxtaposed wandering heroes, one giant and one small and quick. Our heroes here are Zelikman, a gaunt Frankish healer often described as a scarecrow, and Amram, a towering Abyssinian with a massive Viking axe.

There are two basic things that make this book a little better than your average adventure novel. The first is the historical setting, the steppes of Central Asia in the tenth century A.D. There are Khazars and Rabanites, elephants and marauding Rus, Jews and Muslims and a smattering of languages. As far as I'm aware no one has ever attempted to set a story in such a place, outside of Borodin's opera "Prince Igor". It's exotic enough to elicit a certain otherworldly excitement, but grounded in reality and history that keeps the romance from taking over entirely. Mr Chabon has done his research and rendered a complete world, believably populated by a variety of characters and cultures.

The second thing that makes this little book so worthwhile is the skill that Mr Chabon brings to its creation. He is known as a big-ticket bestselling literary author, and some people would say this sort of genre exercise is below him; however, it's precisely because he's got serious literary chops that he can pull off the plotting and style of "Gentlemen of the Road". He slips into the obscure words and old fashioned style with ease, and it's a pleasure to read every word of the book.Read more ›
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1.0 out of 5 starsOne Star

Terrible

Published 5 days ago by Anthony Correro
3.0 out of 5 starsThree Stars

Ok

Published 2 months ago by Barbara Degiaimo
1.0 out of 5 starsNot

Why not take his great creative talent and use it? What a waste. Honestly I did not take the time finishing it; not worth the short time it would take to read it. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Public Name
3.0 out of 5 starsIn a style that ill-befitted and was hardly characteristic of Chabon

This was a trade for Aitmotov's Day...Years. Friend I traded reading material with lured me in with promises that it is my part of the world but she got the better part of the... Read more

Published 4 months ago by moth
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat adventure

Great adventure tale. Awesome characters. Tremendous depth. And it's got Jews with Swords!

Published 8 months ago by cawcaw
4.0 out of 5 starsA hell of a lot of fun!

Do you like The Long Ships? We're paintings of NC Wyeth pirates a part of your childhood? You'll love this short serial novel.

Published 8 months ago by John Young
3.0 out of 5 starsNot Chabon's best

Not one of Chabon's best and even he acknowledges that. Still, I enjoyed it as an adventure yarn.

Published 11 months ago by Michael Berkowitz
4.0 out of 5 stars... as Telegraph Avenue it is up there in quirky fun with the Yiddish

while not as far reaching as Telegraph Avenue it is up there in quirky fun with the Yiddish policemen

Published 11 months ago by Harold C. Nassau
1.0 out of 5 starsUtter drivel - Don't waste your time.

Having read "The Thirteenth Tribe" by Arthur Koestler I was keen to learn more about the life and times of Khazaria. Read more

Published 12 months ago by ciscowen
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Excellent book!

Published 12 months ago by Christopher M. Wood

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