false 16699 10 <p>By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <em>The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.</em></p>This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more. 1299255 1992 A Model World and Other Stories total:880|5:101|4:330|3:364|2:74|1:11| 880 3076 1212 73 5 1 false false Wed Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 21:02:15 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 22:08:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 09:46:36 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 07:45:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 08:26:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 17:48:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 23:00:17 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 23:01:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 21:50:02 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 21:54:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 07:29:44 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 11:51:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 13:40:37 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 02:42:26 -0800 2009 A Model World is something of a mixed bag. The first few are the earliest, and to my mind the weakest—they felt more like writing exercises than anything else, frameworks rather than stories—but the last half of the book, the linked stories about the...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 16 14:03:10 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 14:03:10 -0800 2008
I really liked this book for a number of reasons. As people, we have expectations for ourselves...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 02 06:13:16 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 06:46:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 15 22:07:06 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 17 17:02:55 -0700 2009
After writing the critically successful book The Mysteries of Pittsburg, Chabon turned in this short tome of brief stories ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 07:54:21 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 16:49:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 16:57:19 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 05:43:10 -0700 2007 The New Yorker first. Following his Mysteries of Pittsburgh these short stories are in many ways a continuation of what he started - several stories take place ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 19 09:02:24 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 06:33:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 06:25:45 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 02:08:34 -0700 2007 A Flawed World, because the characters and situations present broken promises, unfulfilled love, and a small measure of disappointment. But then again, flaws are inherent in any model, especially the worlds of love, friendship, and life.

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Huh, after reading other reviews, maybe I shall try the stories from the second half before giving up for go...more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 21:20:36 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 10:56:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 18 12:26:52 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 12:41:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 24 10:55:16 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 28 10:14:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 10:39:15 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 10:41:36 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1204859