A Model World
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Wry and whimsical, but also with intellectual depth, A MODEL WORLD is a collection of eleven wonderful stories about growing up and growing wise.
In âS Angelâ a group of wedding guests is hijacked by a fast-talking real estate agent, but not before the bride herself disappears. âSmokeâ takes us to a baseball catcherâs funeral, where one of the mourners â a has-been pitcher â confronts the ruins of his career. In the hilarious title story, a graduate student plagiarizes a dissertation on the movement of clouds, only to find himself and his faculty advisor in a parlour game where each player must confess the worst thing he or she has ever done. The second part of the book, âThe Lost Worldâ, is a series of stories about a young boy, Nathan Shapiro, who must face the wrenching emotions caused by his parentsâ bitter divorce.
Serious, yet shot through with wit, humour and compassion, these are unforgettable stories from one of Americaâs most celebrated writers.
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Michael Chabon is the author of two collections of short stories, âA Model Worldâ and âWerewolves in their Youthâ, the novels âThe Mysteries of Pittsburghâ, âWonder Boysâ, âThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clayâ, âThe Yiddish Policemenâs Unionâ and âTelegraph Avenueâ, and the non-fiction books âMaps and Legends and Manhood for Amateursâ. âWonder Boysâ has been made into a film starring Michael Douglas and Robert Downey Jr. and âThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clayâ won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His short stories have appeared in the New Yorker, GQ, Esquire and Playboy. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and their four children.
