All told, Chabon has published nearly 10 novels, including a Young Adult novel, a children's book, two collection of short stories, and two collections of essays. It received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001. In 2000, Chabon published The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a novel that New York Times's John Leonard, once referred to as Chabon's magnum opus. His first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, was published in 1988 when he was still a graduate student.

Michael Chabon (SHAY-bon) is an American novelist and short story writer. Currently-lives in Berkeley, California.Education-B.A., University of Pittsburgh M.F.A., University of California-Irvine.The Mysteries of Pittsburgh incontrovertibly established Chabon as a powerful force in contemporary fiction, even before his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay set the literary world spinning.Īn unforgettable story of coming of age in America, it is also an essential milestone in the movement of American fiction, from a novelist who has since become one of the most important and enduring voices of this generation. The enthralling debut from bestselling novelist Michael Chabon is a penetrating narrative of complex friendships, father-son conflicts, and the awakening of a young man’s sexual identity.Ĭhabon masterfully renders the funny, tender, and captivating first-person narrative of Art Bechstein, whose confusion and heartache echo the tones of literary forebears like T he Catcher in the Rye’s Holden Caulfield and The Great Gatsby’s Nick Carraway.

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