{"product_id":"9781453234112","title":"A Model World: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA story collection from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier \u0026amp; Clay\u003c\/i\u003e, “one of his generation’s most eloquent new voices” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh, \u003c\/i\u003eMichael Chabon announced his presence as a literary wunderkind of style and substance. \u003ci\u003eA Model World and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003eonly burnished his reputation as a distinctive prose stylist.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In eleven elegant tales—some of them linked—by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTelegraph Avenue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier \u0026amp; Clay\u003c\/i\u003e, Chabon’s singular characters hold tight to private dreams even as their closest relationships crumble. Five stories follow an anxious adolescent from the beach vacation where he learns of his parents’ divorce to the confused days of a woefully misguided crush. Others find ex-lovers tormenting each other at an oceanside café, a washed-up professional baseball player attending a teammate’s funeral, and a Pittsburgh disc jockey still pining for a woman who married him to get her American citizenship.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Chabon moves across powerful emotional ground with certainty and delicacy,” raves the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e. “There are heartbreaking moments in these stories, but they are rendered so precisely, through incidents that capture the subtlest of feelings, that the reader can only smile at Chabon’s skill.”  \u003ci\u003eThis ebook features a biography of the author.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157137866992,"sku":"9781453234112","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453234112_p0.jpg?v=1769907833","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453234112","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}