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Michael Chabon's Great Leap Forward |
| Section: BOOK WORLD / COMMENTARY |
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| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2001 |
| Size: 721 Words, 4,815 Characters |
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The greatest difference between Michael Chabon's latest novel, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, and his previous two is the book's grand scope. His first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988)--seen largely as a somewhat flawed yet undeniably impressive debut--was a coming-of-age tale, told over the course of one summer. Chabon's second novel, Wonder Boys (made into a much-acclaimed movie starring Michael Douglas and directed by L.A. Confidential's Curtis Hanson), told the story of a shaggy, aging professor whose once-promising literary career is mired in yet another bad marriage, an unex...
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...p; In interviews, Chabon comes across as quite a humble writer. So, with a line like this, he'd probably say he's mocking the fawning student and displaying Grady's inability to contend with her advances, while at the same time wishing he could take the compliment seriously. But the truth is the description fits Chabon as a stylist. He's that good. ----T.D. vbcrlf
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