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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author offers his first major work of
nonfiction, an autobiographical narrative as inventive, beautiful, and
powerful as his acclaimed, award-winning fiction. Manhood for Amateurs
is the first sustained work of personal writing from Michael Chabon. In
these insightful, provocative, slyly interlinked essays, one of our
most brilliant and humane writers presents his autobiography and his
vision of life in the way so many of us experience our own: as a series
of reflections, regrets and re-examinations, each sparked by an
encounter, in the present, that holds some legacy of the past.
What does it mean to be a man today? As a devoted son, as a passionate
husband, and above all as a father, Chabon's memories of childhood, of
his parents' marriage and divorce, of moments of painful adolescent
comedy and giddy encounters with the popular art and literature of his
own youth, are like a theme played by the mad quartet of which he now
finds himself co-conductor. At once dazzling, hilarious, and moving, Manhood for Amateurs is destined to become a classic.
About the Author
MICHAEL CHABON is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, A Model World, Wonder Boys, Werewolves in Their Youth, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Summerland (a novel for children), The Final Solution, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, Maps and Legends and Gentlemen of the Road.
He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, the novelist Ayelet
Waldman, and their children. Visit him online at www.michaelchabon.com.
Michael Chabon answers questions about being a geek, feeling like a failure, having children, and what went wrong, at Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland on October 27, 2009.
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Product Details
- Unabridged Audio Book 7 CDs
Publisher: HarperAudio
ISBN-10: 0061842370
ISBN-13: 978-0061842375
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