{"product_id":"manhood-for-amateurs-the-pleasures-and-regrets-of-a-husband-father-and-son-isbn-9780061490187","title":"Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Chabon has always been a magical prose stylist, adept at combining the sort of social and emotional detail found in Philip Roth’s \u003cem\u003eGoodbye, Columbus\u003c\/em\u003e stories with the metaphor-rich descriptions of John Updike and John Irving’s inventive sleight of hand. . . . As in his novels, he shifts gears easily between the comic and the melancholy, the whimsical and the serious, demonstrating once again his ability to write about the big subjects of love and memory and regret without falling prey to the Scylla and Charybdis of cynicism and sentimentality.” \u003cbr\u003e— Michiko Kakutani, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wondrous, wise and beautiful.” \u003cbr\u003e— David Kamp, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eWerewolves in Their Youth, Wonderboys, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Yiddish Policemen’s Union\u003c\/em\u003e Michael Chabon “takes [his] brutally observant, unfailingly honest, marvelously human gaze and turns it on his own life” (\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e) in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling memoir \u003cem\u003eManhood for Amateurs\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author— \"an immensely gifted writer and a magical prose stylist\" (Michiko Kakutani, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e)—offers his first major work of nonfiction, an autobiographical narrative as inventive, beautiful, and powerful as his acclaimed, award-winning fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shy manifesto, an impractical handbook, the true story of a fabulist, an entire life in parts and pieces, \u003cem\u003eManhood for Amateurs\u003c\/em\u003e 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 lives: as a series of reflections, regrets, and reexaminations, each sparked by an encounter, in the present, that holds some legacy of the past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be a man today? Chabon invokes and interprets and struggles to reinvent for us, with characteristic warmth and lyric wit, the personal and family history that haunts him even as—simply because—it goes on being written every day. As a devoted son, as a passionate husband, and above all as the father of four young Americans, Chabon presents his 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, as a theme played—on different instruments, with a fresh tempo and in a new key—by the mad quartet of which he now finds himself co-conductor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once dazzling, hilarious, and moving, \u003cem\u003eManhood for Amateurs\u003c\/em\u003e is destined to become a classic.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Probably the premier prose stylist—the Updike—of his generation.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLev Grossman, Time magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chabon is a flat-out wonderful writer—evocative and inventive, pointed and poignant.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“His work is page-turning and poignant; he is one of the best writers of English prose alive. . . . He wants to move and thrill us both, and he does.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth McCracken, Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chabon’s language is incandescent.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian Braiker, Newsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A prose magician, Chabon is that rare literary anomaly: a gentle-spirited writer of boundless ambition.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Lewis Conn, Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chabon brings his prodigiously entertaining verbal intelligence to a very personal investigation of what it means to be a father, a son, and a husband.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLev Grossman, Time (Top 10 Nonfiction Books Citation)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The odds say we’re surely approaching a tipping point for this stuff [Daddy literature]—but, alas, by the grace of Chabon’s glittering prose, it’s not here yet…. Both entertaining and thoughtful…. Stories that readers will recognize as a common experience are blessed with some added verve by a supremely talented writer…. Stands out for a laudable lack of over sharing as well as Chabon’s characteristic zaniness…. As long as dads keep writing like this, we’ll keep reading.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenry C. Jackson, Associated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lovely.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaty Read, Minneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Word for word, sentence for sentence, Michael Chabon could be the best American writer of his generation. If we’re measuring a writer by the sheer ability to construct beautiful sentences, the kinds that employ great emotional poignancy and tremendous lyrical rhythm, Chabon has no equal.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdam de Jong, Louisville Courier Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chabon takes the same brutally observant, unfailingly honest, marvelously human gaze that won him a Pulitzer Prize for fiction and turns it on his own life as a committed husband and father, Lego enthusiast and unrepentant nerd-in short, as a man.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Michael Chabon brings the most varied and fabulous scenarios alive through his fiction. . . . It’s a gift to find that his writing is just as radiant, original, and observant when trained on his own life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebekah Denn, Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Insightful and highly entertaining.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJed Lipinski, Salon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Thoughtful, perceptive. . . . All propelled by the shimmering prose that won him the Pulitzer Prize.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Lindgren, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ultimately understood in terms of the tension between Chabon’s alternating embrace of an archetypally male role and his alienation from it. That, basically, is (post)modern life, and Chabon might just be one of its most able chroniclers. . . . Chabon has been called ‘his generation’s Updike,’ but in contrast to Updike’s disappointing attitude toward women, Chabon’s feminism is smart and never feels coached.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePete Coco, Time Out Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A treasure chest of articulated observations and elegantly wrought conclusions about an array of subjects that sorely needed his attentions. Those of his fans who’ve craved for the moment when Chabon turned his immaculate eye back to the world we share can now rejoice…. As always, Chabon’s sentences are pure joy to consume.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Simon, The Buffalo News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Alternately serious and whimsical, the book offers fascinating insights into what makes the author tick.  It is also a probing look at contemporary society.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Porter, Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chabon has always been a magical prose stylist, adept at combining the sort of social and emotional detail found in Philip Roth’s Goodbye, Columbus stories with the metaphor-rich descriptions of John Updike and John Irving’s inventive sleight of hand. . . . As in his novels, he shifts gears easily between the comic and the melancholy, the whimsical and the serious, demonstrating once again his ability to write about the big subjects of love and memory and regret without falling prey to the Scylla and Charybdis of cynicism and sentimentality.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichiko Kakutani, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wry and heartfelt, Chabon’s riffs uncover brand-new insights in even the most quotidian subjects. . . . He applies an unusual level of wit and candor to the form.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hilarious, moving, pleasurable, disturbing, transcendent, restless. . . . And seemingly by accident, Chabon ultimately does create a composite image of ideal manhood, one that is modest, responsible, bemused, empathic, and thoughtful.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeremy Adam Smith, San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Michael Chabon is a brave writer, a literary swashbuckler.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Jennifer Selzman, Houston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An unstoppable master of the ripping yarn, beautifully told.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaude Peck, Minneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Both lyrical and side-splittingly funny. . . . Readers seeking the intelligence of Updike; the gentle, brainy appeal of Sedaris; or the literary virtuosity of Nabokov will thoroughly enjoy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas C. Lord, Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chabon takes a big, fat swing at the essay form with his second collection and achieves success. . . . These warm and thoughtful essays underscore just how good a wordsmith Chabon is-regardless of the form he chooses.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJerry Eberle, Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“To call him an acclaimed author would be like identifying Donald Trump as a well-to-do businessman.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHillel Italie, Associated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant American writer.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichelle Locke, Associated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A silky stylist with a gift for making every sentence sting.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Cryer, Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Michael Chabon is an escape artist: his novels are elegant and energetic circus tricks which celebrate, again and again, the joy of release from the constraints of the everyday world.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Swift, Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The best writer of English prose in this country, and the most interesting novelist of his generation.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Podhoretz, Weekly Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ranks among the most important, and interesting, contemporary American novelists.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErik Spanberg, Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888620892389,"sku":"NP9780061490187","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061490187.jpg?v=1730229464","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/manhood-for-amateurs-the-pleasures-and-regrets-of-a-husband-father-and-son-isbn-9780061490187","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}