{"id":1785897,"date":"2018-07-09T09:29:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T13:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1785897"},"modified":"2018-07-09T09:29:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T13:29:46","slug":"the-consolation-of-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/07\/the-consolation-of-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"The Consolation of Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Consolation of Maps<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (riverrun<\/a>, June), the first novel from Irish writer Thomas Bourke, is set in the world of map exhibitions and map dealers. \u00a0From the publisher<\/a>\u2019s book description: “Kenji Tanabe finds maps easier to read than people. At the elite Tokyo gallery where he works, he sells antique maps by selling the stories that he sees within their traces: their contribution to progress, their dramatic illustrations, their exquisite compasses. But no compass or cartography can guide him through the events that will follow the sudden and unexpected offer of a job in America.” The description and\u00a0reviews (see GeoLounge<\/a> and the\u00a0Irish Times<\/em><\/a>)\u00a0portray this as more a literary novel than a mystery or thriller; I’ll have to check it out for myself. It’s only published in the U.K. but is available elsewhere through third-party dealers<\/a>; Amazon UK<\/a> will likely deliver regardless of the address. Kindle<\/a> and iBooks<\/a> versions will be geographically restricted, of course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Consolation of Maps (riverrun, June), the first novel from Irish writer Thomas Bourke, is set in the world of map exhibitions and map dealers. \u00a0From the publisher\u2019s book description: “Kenji Tanabe finds maps easier… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[746,1235],"class_list":["post-1785897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-maps-and-literature","tag-fiction","tag-novels","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1789658,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/11\/lord-of-maps-more-real-world-fantasy-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1785897,"position":0},"title":"Lord of Maps: More Real-World Fantasy Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 November 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Here\u2019s another map artist who draws maps of real-world places in the style of fantasy maps: Isaac of Lord of Maps has around 30 maps\u2014mostly of U.S. states, but also a few countries and one city\u2014available for sale as prints of various sizes. 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Highlights on show include the Gough Map, the earliest surviving map showing Great Britain in a recognizable form, the Selden Map, a late Ming map of the South China Sea,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/talking-maps-148x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/talking-maps-148x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/talking-maps-148x150.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/talking-maps-148x150.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/talking-maps-148x150.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1786662,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/11\/a-history-of-america-in-100-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1785897,"position":2},"title":"A History of America in 100 Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"15 November 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In my review Tuesday of Tom Harper's Atlas: A World of Maps from the British Library, I spent some time talking about the choices made when assembling a collection of maps. 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