This volume also contains a story torn straight from the pages of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: written by Michael Chabon, the tale of the mysterious Mr. Machine Gun.
Strange but true baseball stories.” “Lars Larssen?” said Kohn. Kohn had read this same book, or one like it, as a child. “That's your uncle Lars? Wow. Johnny Timberlake, wasn't it?” “Timberlake.” “What happened to him after that?
Subtle revelations lead the reader to a wrenching resolution. This brilliant homage, which won the 2004 Aga Khan Prize for fiction, is the work of a master storyteller at the height of his powers.
The Injustice Society has returned with a new leader named Legacy.
paperback edition of Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth, the one with the lipstick-print-and-curly-script cover art by Paul Bacon, a master of American jacket illustration who would, in a few years, design a memorable cover for the book I ...
At once a gripping whodunit, a love story, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a novel only Michael Chabon could have written.
Don't miss out on this thrilling first volume of The Escapist, featuring an original story by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Kavalier & Clay. . .Michael Chabon.
In 1939 New York City, Joe Kavalier, a refugee from Hitler's Prague, joins forces with his Brooklyn-born cousin, Sammy Clay, to create comic-book superheroes inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams.
Essay af Michael Chabon: Secret Skin. An Essay in Unitard Theory
Since getting his start at Charlton Comics in the early 1970s, JOE STATON quickly gained a reputation for his detailed and expressive art. Best known for co-creating the Omega Men alongside Marv Wolfman, Staton has also worked on titles ...
Among the stories in this volume: "To Reign in Hell" by Brian K. Vaughan and Roger Petersen; "Heil and Fear Well" by Marv Wolfman, Joe Staton, and R. Sikoryak; "The Trial of Judy Dark" by Kevin McCarthy and Dean Haspiel; "The EscapeNot" by ...
Following in the footsteps of the massively successful Volume One, the second volume of Michael Chabon Presents. . .The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist collects issues three and four of the likewise popular quarterly series.
In a story exploring the theme of the artist's isolation, Grady Tripp, an obese, aging writer who has lost his way, and debauched editor Terry Crabtree struggle to rekindle their friendship, a sense of adventure, and purpose in their lives.
Pero se trataba de una clase totalmente distinta de niños, andrajosos, rudos, necesitados y ávidos, con agujeros en los zapatos y agujeros en lugar de ojos, chicos a los que el hambre y la pobreza habían adiestrado para que mostraran el ...
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 interviews, recommended reading, and more.
In the Kingdom of Aran, in the Caucasus Mountains, in 950 A.D., two adventurers wander the region, plying their trade as swords for hire, until they become embroiled in a bloody coup in the medieval Jewish empire of the Khazars as ...
Ayelet Waldman et Michael Chabon se sont associés à l'ONG israélienne " Breaking the Silence " pour demander à 24 brillants écrivains du monde entier de se rendre dans les Territoires occupés afin de témoigner du quotidien de ceux et ...
Fidèles à la grande tradition des romans et du cinéma d'aventures, Les Princes vagabonds offrent un irrésistible bouillonnement de rebondissements, de suspense et d'humour, dans le sillage de très pittoresques héros.
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, published when Chabon was just twenty-five, is the beautifully crafted debut that propelled him into the literary stratosphere.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the Sophie Brody Medal • An NBCC Finalist for 2016 Award for Fiction • ALA Carnegie Medal Finalist for Excellence in Fiction • Wall Street Journal’s Best Novel of the Year • A New York Times ...