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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
What if, as Franklin Roosevelt once proposed, Alaska – and not Israel – had become the homeland for the Jews after World War II? In Michael Chabon's Yiddish-speaking 'Alyeska', …
Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands
His quirky imagination, rich vocabulary, and ability to convey a sense of loss even in the midst of funny situations make me wish I’d picked him up years ago. Many people are …
Summerland
From the Pulitzer Prize winning Michael Chabon comes this bestselling novel that blends fantasy and folklore with that most American coming-of-age ritual: baseball--now in a new …
The Final Solution: A Story of Detection
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 …
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
"Chabon's writing is deft and delicate -- almost every page includes a delightful phrase or two. He mingles dialogue, the Pittsburgh cityscape, descriptions of the characters' …
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son
"Chabon has always been a magical prose stylist, adept at combining the sort of social and emotional detail found in Philip Roth's Goodbye, Columbus stories with the metaphor-rich …
Mysteries of Pittsburgh
"Chabon's writing is deft and delicate -- almost every page includes a delightful phrase or two. He mingles dialogue, the Pittsburgh cityscape, descriptions of the characters' …
Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces
"Magical prose stylist" Michael Chabon (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times) delivers a collection of essays--heartfelt, humorous, insightful, wise--on the meaning of fatherhood.For …
A Model World and Other Stories
By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author …
Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation
A groundbreaking collection of essays by celebrated international writers bears witness to the human cost of fifty years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza.In Kingdom …