Michael Chabon
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born
May 24, 1963
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male
place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia, The United States
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about this author
Michael Chabon is the bestselling author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, the novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their children.
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon avg rating 4.20 — 29,691 ratings — published 2000 31 editions |
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon avg rating 3.62 — 10,976 ratings — published 2007 24 editions |
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh: A Novel by Michael Chabon avg rating 3.61 — 5,589 ratings — published 1988 16 editions |
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Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon avg rating 3.94 — 4,720 ratings — published 1995 23 editions |
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The Final Solution: A Story of Detection by Michael Chabon avg rating 3.22 — 3,312 ratings — published 2003 13 editions |
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Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon avg rating 3.36 — 2,286 ratings — published 2007 12 editions |
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Summerland by Michael Chabon avg rating 3.44 — 2,222 ratings — published 2002 19 editions |
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Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories by Michael Chabon avg rating 3.59 — 1,230 ratings — published 1999 10 editions |
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McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales by Michael Chabon , Jim Shepard, Elmore Leonard, Carol Emshwiller, Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) , Michael Crichton, Nick Hornby, Laurie R. King (Goodreads author) more... avg rating 3.53 — 896 ratings — published 2003 4 editions |
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A Model World and Other Stories by Michael Chabon avg rating 3.50 — 828 ratings — published 1992 10 editions |
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Michael Chabon on tour for the book "The Yiddish Policeman's Union"
Author appearance, November 09, 2009 12:00PM
Litquake Book Ball @ the Herbst Theaters Green Room, 401 Van Ness Avenue, 94109, San Francisco, CA, The United States
See Michael Chabon on tour promoting the book "The Yiddish Policeman's Unio...more
Author appearance, November 09, 2009 12:00PM
Litquake Book Ball @ the Herbst Theaters Green Room, 401 Van Ness Avenue, 94109, San Francisco, CA, The United States
See Michael Chabon on tour promoting the book "The Yiddish Policeman's Unio...more
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"There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal."
— Michael Chabon (Wonder Boys)
— Michael Chabon (Wonder Boys)
tags:
life
27 people liked it
"The problem, if anything, was precisely the opposite. I had too much to write:
too many fine and miserable buildings to construct and streets to name and clock towers to set chiming,
too many characters to raise up from the dirt like flowers whose petals I peeled down to the intricate frail organs within,
too many terrible genetic and fiduciary secrets to dig up and bury and dig up again,
too many divorces to grant,
heirs to disinherit,
trysts to arrange,
letters to misdirect into evil hands,
innocent children to slay with rheumatic fever,
women to leave unfulfilled and hopeless,
men to drive to adultery and theft,
fires to ignite at the hearts of ancient houses. "
— Michael Chabon (Wonder Boys)
too many fine and miserable buildings to construct and streets to name and clock towers to set chiming,
too many characters to raise up from the dirt like flowers whose petals I peeled down to the intricate frail organs within,
too many terrible genetic and fiduciary secrets to dig up and bury and dig up again,
too many divorces to grant,
heirs to disinherit,
trysts to arrange,
letters to misdirect into evil hands,
innocent children to slay with rheumatic fever,
women to leave unfulfilled and hopeless,
men to drive to adultery and theft,
fires to ignite at the hearts of ancient houses. "
— Michael Chabon (Wonder Boys)
tags:
writing
19 people liked it
"I don’t mean to make a big deal out of sobriety, by the way. Of all the modes of human consciousness available to the modern consumer I consider it to be the most overrated."
— Michael Chabon (Wonder Boys)
— Michael Chabon (Wonder Boys)
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