In this compelling collection of short stories, bestselling author Michael Chabon explores adolescent desire, love, friendship and fatherhood, moving subtly and incisively across this powerful emotional ground. Wry and whimsical, but also with intellectual depth, A MODEL WORLD is a collection of eleven wonderful stories about growing up and growing wise. In S Angel a group of wedding guests is hijacked by a fasttalking real estate agent, but not before the bride herself disappears. Smoke takes us to a baseball catchers funeral, where one of the mourners a hasbeen pitcher confronts the ruins of his career. In the hilarious title story, a graduate student plagiarizes a dissertation on the movement of clouds, only to find himself and his faculty advisor in a parlour 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. Serious, yet shot through with wit, humour and compassion, these are unforgettable stories from one of Americas most celebrated writers.

Binding: Paperback;210 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; Classification: N/A; Weight: 311.87 g; Dimensions: N/A

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