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Born: 1965Michael Chabon Biography & Notes
Michael Chabon (born 1963) is an American author who grew up in Columbia, Maryland. His first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh appeared in 1988 and became a best seller. His subsequent works include Wonder Boys (1995), a novel about a frustrated novelist (based on Chabon's unsuccessful attempt at writing a much larger novel, Fountain City, about the construction of a perfect baseball park in Las Vegas) which was made into a motion picture; The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, about an illustrator and a writer in the early comic book industry, which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for fiction; and Summerland (2002), a fantasy novel written for younger readers, which won the 2003 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. His works have been praised for their characterizations and use of language. He is also sometimes described as a gay writer due to the presence of gay major characters in his first three novels, though Chabon has said this aspect is not based on his own life.
Chabon also has two collections of short stories, both of which came out after his debut novel, entitled Werewolves in their Youth and A Model World. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife Ayelet Waldman, who is also an author, and their four children.
He has written a number of small comics projects, primarily for DC Comics, and co-wrote the story for Spider-Man 2. He has also been co-writing a film adaptation of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.
He calls himself a geek and is proud of it.
Chabon also has two collections of short stories, both of which came out after his debut novel, entitled Werewolves in their Youth and A Model World. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife Ayelet Waldman, who is also an author, and their four children.
He has written a number of small comics projects, primarily for DC Comics, and co-wrote the story for Spider-Man 2. He has also been co-writing a film adaptation of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.
He calls himself a geek and is proud of it.
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Amazing Adventures Of The Escapist by Michael Chabon ( 2004) |
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay A Novel by Michael Chabon ( 2000)
In 1939 New York City, Joe Kavalier, a refugee from Hitler's Prague, joins forces with his Brooklyn-born cousin, Sammy Clay, to create comic-book superheroes inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams. By the author of Wonder Boys and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh.
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The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist by Michael Chabon ( 2004) |
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Amazing Adventures of the Escapist 2 by Michael Chabon ( 2004) |
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The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist 5 by Michael Chabon, Roy Thomas, Howard Chaykin, Paul Grist, Jason Hall ( 2007) |
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D'Aulaires' Book Of Norse Myths by Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire ( 2005)
Now back in print, the companion to D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths introduces youngsters to Norse legends and the gods, goddesses, heroes, and giants that populate the Northern landscape.
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The Escapists by Michael Chabon, Brian K. Vaughan, Philip Bond ( 2009) |
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The Final Solution A Story Of Detection by Michael Chabon ( 2005)
Deep in the rural English countryside, an eighty-nine-year-old beekeeper--and one-time famous detective--becomes involved with nine-year-old Linus Steinman, a young refugee from Nazi Germany whose sole companion, an African grey parrot, spews out a mysterious series of German numbers that could hold the key to a dangerous secret.
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The Final Solution A Story Of Detection by Michael Chabon ( 2004) In the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, prose magician Michael Chabon conjured up the golden age of comic books -- intertwining history, legend, and storytelling verve. In The Final Solution, he has condensed his boundless vision to craft a short, suspenseful tale of compassion and wit that reimagines the classic nineteenth-century detective story. In deep retirement in the English country-side, an eighty-nine-year-old man, vaguely recollected by locals as a once-famous detective, is more concerned with his beekeeping than with his fellow man. Into his life wanders Linus Steinman, nine years old and mute, who has escaped from Nazi Germany with his sole companion: an African gray parrot. What is the meaning of the mysterious strings of German numbers the bird spews out -- a top-secret SS code? The keys to a series of Swiss bank accounts perhaps? Or something more sinister? Is the solution to this last case -- the real explanation of the mysterious boy and his parrot -- beyond even the reach of the once-famed sleuth? Subtle revelations lead the reader to a wrenching resolution. This brilliant homage, which won the 2004 Aga Khan Prize for fiction, is the work of a master storyteller at the height of his powers. |
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Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon ( 2007)
In the Kingdom of Aran, in the Caucasus Mountains, in 950 A.D., two adventurers wander the region, plying their trade as swords for hire, until they become embroiled in a bloody coup in the medieval Jewish empire of the Khazars as bodyguards for a fugitive prince with a mysterious secret.
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Gentlemen of the Road A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon ( 2008)
In his introduction to the MCSWEENEY'S MAMMOTH TREASURY OF THRILLING TALES, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon confessed his boredom with "the contemporary, quotidian, plotless, moment-of-truth revelatory story" (including his own) and expressed his desire for a return to the horror/adventure/ghost/detectives tales of Poe, Balzac, Conrad, Faulkner, Twain, and the like. It was, in short, a call to arms for literature not to forget the pleasure and power of plot and genre, a lowbrow manifesto that can be seen as a curative against Jonathan Franzen's famous Harper's essay demanding more novels of ideas. Chabon has been more than faithful to his aesthetic ideology, with each of his novels veering further afield from his acclaimed but stolidly realist early work (MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH, WONDER BOYS) and into the realms of fantasy and science-fiction. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD, a 10th-century swashbuckling adventure tale about two wandering adventurers and their attempts to return a spoiled prince to the throne of Khazaria, can be seen as the apotheosis of this new direction. Chabon has shed all trapping of the "contemporary literary novel" and fully embraces the captivating thrills of Edgar Rice Burroughs or the ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS. Originally appearing in serialized form in the New York Times Magazine, GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD (written with the working title JEWS WITH SWORDS) crackles with delicious plot twists, breathtaking cliff-hangers, larger-than-life characters, and perfectly pitched purple prose.
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Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon ( 2007)
In his introduction to the MCSWEENEY'S MAMMOTH TREASURY OF THRILLING TALES, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon confessed his boredom with "the contemporary, quotidian, plotless, moment-of-truth revelatory story" (including his own) and expressed his desire for a return to the horror/adventure/ghost/detectives tales of Poe, Balzac, Conrad, Faulkner, Twain and the like. It was, in short, a call to arms for literature not to forget the pleasures and power of plot and genre, a low-brow manifesto that can be seen as a curative against Jonathan Franzen's famous Harper's essay demanding more novels of ideas. Chabon has been more than faithful to his aesthetic ideology, with each of his novels veering further afield from his acclaimed but stolidly realist early work (MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH, WONDER BOYS) and into the realms of fantasy and science-fiction. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD, a 10th-century swashbuckling adventure tale about two wandering adventurers and their attempts to return a spoiled prince to the throne of Khazaria, can be seen as the apotheosis of this new direction. Chabon has shed all trapping of the "contemporary literary novel" and fully embraces the captivating thrills of Edgar Rice Burroughs or the ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS. Originally appearing in serialized form in The New York Times Magazine, GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD (written with the working title of JEWS WITH SWORDS) crackles with delicious plot twists, breathtaking cliff-hangers, larger-than-life characters, and perfectly pitched purple prose.
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Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon ( 2008)
In his introduction to the MCSWEENEY'S MAMMOTH TREASURY OF THRILLING TALES, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon confessed his boredom with "the contemporary, quotidian, plotless, moment-of-truth revelatory story" (including his own) and expressed his desire for a return to the horror/adventure/ghost/detectives tales of Poe, Balzac, Conrad, Faulkner, Twain and the like. It was, in short, a call to arms for literature not to forget the pleasures and power of plot and genre, a lowbrow manifesto that can be seen as a curative against Jonathan Franzen's famous Harper's essay demanding more novels of ideas. Chabon has been more than faithful to his aesthetic, with each of his novels veering further afield from his acclaimed but stolidly realist early work (MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH, WONDER BOYS) and into the realms of fantasy and science-fiction. GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD, a 10th-century swashbuckling adventure tale about two wandering adventurers and their attempts to return a spoiled prince to the throne of Khazaria, can be seen as the apotheosis of this new direction. Chabon has shed all trappings of the "contemporary literary novel" and fully embraces the captivating thrills of Edgar Rice Burroughs or the ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS. Originally appearing in serialized form in the New York Times Magazine, GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD (written with the working title JEWS WITH SWORDS) crackles with delicious plot twists, breathtaking cliff-hangers, larger-than-life characters, and perfectly pitched purple prose.
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Gentlement of the Road by Michael Chabon ( 2008) |
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Lovecraft Unbound by Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Chabon, Ellen Datlow ( 2009)
Award-winning author and editor Ellen Datlow spearheads this project collecting stories from some of the moment's most exciting literary voices that confront the legacy of horror forefather H. P. Lovecraft. A roster of more than 20 writers--from Joyce Carol Oates to Laird Barron and Michael Chabon to Caitlin R. Kiernan--offer up frightening tributes inspired by the master's occult and unmistakably original stories. Selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the 100 Best Books of 2009.
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Manhood for Amateurs The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son by Michael Chabon ( 2009)
The best-selling author of
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Manhood for Amateurs The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son by Michael Chabon ( 2009)
The best-selling author of
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The Long Ships by Frans Bengtsson ( 2010)
THE LONG SHIPS is an epic Viking adventure tale set in the 10th-century, filled with the scope of heroism and tragedy one expects from the classics.
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Jovenes Hombres Lobo by Michael Chabon ( 2005) |
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Manhood for Amateurs The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son by Michael Chabon ( 2009)
The best-selling author of
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Maps and Legends Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands by Michael Chabon ( 2009)
A series of linked essays about the enriching prospects of reading and writing argues for the importance of enjoying a diverse range of options rather than limiting oneself to studious or serious literature, in an anthology that also explores the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's own writings from a perspective of personal history. Reprint.
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Jovenes hombres lobo/ Werewolves in Their Youth by Michael Chabon ( 2006) |
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Maps and Legends by Michael Chabon ( 2008)
A series of linked essays about the enriching prospects of reading and writing argues for the importance of enjoying a diverse range of options rather than limiting oneself to studious or serious literature, in an anthology that also explores the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's own writings from a perspective of personal history. 25,000 first printing.
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McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber Of Astonishing Stories by ( 2004)
Michael Chabon is back with a brand-new collection that reinvigorates the stay-up-all-night, edge-of-the seat, fingernail-biting, page-turning tradition of literary short stories, featuring Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, Peter Straub, David Mitchell, Jonathan Lethem, Heidi Julavits, Roddy Doyle, and more!
Margaret Atwood- Lusus Naturae David Mitchell- What You Do Not Know You Want Jonathan Lethem- Vivian Relf Ayelet Waldman - Minnow Steve Erickson- Zeroville Stephen King- Lisey and the Madman Jason Roberts - 7C Heidi Julavits- The Miniaturist Roddy Doyle - The Child Daniel Handler - Delmonico Charles D’Ambrosio - The Scheme of Things Poppy Z. Brite - The Devil of Delery Street China Mieville- Reports of Certain Events in London Joyce Carol Oates - The Fabled Light-house at Vi–a del Mar Peter Straub - Mr. Aickman’s Air Rifle |
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McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales by ( 2003)
A Vintage Contemporaries Original
Includes: Jim Shepard's "Tedford and the Megalodon" Glen David Gold's "The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter" Dan Chaon's "The Bees" Kelly Link's "Catskin" Elmore Leonard's "How Carlos Webster Changed His Name to Carl and Became a Famous Oklahoma Lawman" Carol Emshwiller's "The General" Neil Gaiman's "Closing Time" Nick Hornby's "Otherwise Pandemonium" Stephen King's "The Tale of Gray Dick" Michael Crichton's "Blood Doesn’t Come Out" Laurie King's "Weaving the Dark" Chris Offutt's "Chuck’s Bucket" Dave Eggers's "Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly" Michael Moorcock's "The Case of the Nazi Canary" Aimee Bender's "The Case of the Salt and Pepper Shakers" Harlan Ellison's "Goodbye to All That" Karen Joy Fowler's "Private Grave 9" Rick Moody's "The Albertine Notes" Michael Chabon's "The Martian Agent, a Planetary Romance" Sherman Alexie's "Ghost Dance" |
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A Model World And Other Stories by Michael Chabon ( 2005) |
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A Model World and Other Stories by Michael Chabon ( 1992)
By turns wry, lyrical, and poignant, this extraordinary collection shows us people who attempt to create and inhabit their own model worlds, only to watch them collapse in the face of the real world. In "S ANGEL" a group of wedding guests is hijacked by a fast-talking real estate agent, but not before the bride herself disappears. "Smoke" takes us to a baseball catcher's funeral, where one of the mourners, a has-been pitcher, confronts the ruins of his career. In the hilarious tide story, a graduate student plagiarizes a dissertation on the movement of clouds, only to find himself and his faculty adviser in a parlor game where each player must confess the worst thing he or she has ever done. The second part of the book, "The Lost World", is a series of stories about a young boy, Nathan Shapiro, who must face the wrenching emotions caused by his parents, ' bitter divorce.
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Un Mundo Modelo by Michael Chabon ( 2003) |
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My California Journeys By Great Writers by Michael Chabon, Donna Wares ( 2004) |
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The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon ( 1989)
Chabon provides a brilliantly fresh first novel and national bestseller about the joys and pains of youth coming of age. "Astonishing . . . The voice of a young writer with tremendous skill as he discovers, joyously, just what his words can do".--New York Times.
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Werewolves in Their Youth Stories by Michael Chabon ( 2000)
The author of WONDER BOYS returns with a powerful and wonderfully written collection of stories. Caught at moments of change, Chabon's men and women, children and husbands and wives, all face small but momentous decisions. They are caught in events that will crystallize and define their lives forever, and with each story, Michael Chabon brings his unique vision and uncanny understanding of our deepest mysteries and our greatest fears.
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union A Novel by Michael Chabon ( 2007)
In a world in which Alaska, rather than Israel, has become the homeland for the Jews following World War II, Detective Meyer Landsman and his half-Tlingit partner Berko investigate the death of a heroin-addled chess prodigy, a probe that leads them to Rebbe Fold, the charismatic leader of a mysterious sect. Simultaneous.
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Las asombrosas aventuras de Kavalier Y Clay/ The Amazing Aventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon ( 2002) |
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La Solucion Final/ The Final Solution by Michael Chabon ( 2007) |
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Will Eisner A Spirited Life by Bob Andelman ( 2005)
A dramatic account of the innovator of the modern-day comic book and graphic novel celebrates the creator of The Spirit--the first super-antihero in comics--offering fascinating details of the illustrator's life and career. Original.
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El sindicato de policia Yiddish/ The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon ( 2008)
An alternate historical work based on a premise that Alaska became the Jewish homeland after World War II finds detective Meyer Landsman investigating a heroin-addicted chess prodigy's murder, a case with ties to an extremist Orthodox sect.
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Summerland by Michael Chabon ( 2006)
Still reeling from the death of his mother, 11-year-old Ethan Feld must also adjust to life in a new town when he and his father move to Clam Island, Washington. Clam Island is a pretty amazing place: it rains almost every day except for a section of the island known as "Summerland" where perfect weather is guaranteed for the months of June, July, and August. Ethan joins the Summerland baseball team and, despite the fact that he's not much of an athlete, or perhaps because of it, Ethan is recruited by a mystical talent scout who takes him into a parallel universe where he and his friends must face off against several magical creatures in a baseball game that will determine the fate of the world. This is the first children's book written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon.
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La solucion final/ The Final Solution by Michael Chabon ( 2008) |
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Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon ( 1995)
Grady Tripp, an obese, aging writer who has lost his way, struggles with debauched editor Terry Crabtree to renew friendship, a sense of adventure, and a sense of purpose to life.
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Mysteries of Pittsburgh Tie-in by Michael Chabon ( 2010)
Many first-time novelists nobly attempt to self-referentially try to capture the confusion and contemplation that inevitably result from giving up innocence for responsibility. Few of them succeed, but Michael Chabon's MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH is an exception. Chabon's depiction of one wild summer in the life of postgraduate Art Bechstein perfectly captures the madness and discovery of a life on the threshold of adulthood. Bechstein, whose life has been dictated and restricted by his gangster father, has a final fling of alcohol, adventure, and romance with a flamboyant cast of enduring characters. He finds his ripening sexuality split by the charming vagabond Arthur Lecomte and a luscious lady named Phlox, but his real reverence is for Cleveland, a renegade philosopher who leaves a trail of dazzled and abandoned admirers in his wake as he enacts his disdain for the rules of society. Chabon's descriptions of the industrial landscape of his hometown of Pittsburgh transform smokestacks and bridges into surreal signposts on the road to realization. The outrageous journey of Art Bechstein seems likely to take him into literary history, as he discovers that the answers we seek through visceral experience are just as likely to be found internally.
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Manhood for Amateurs Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son by Michael Chabon ( 2010) |
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