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    Moonglow
    Ein alter Mann auf dem Sterbebett beichtet seinem Enkel die unglaubliche Geschichte seines Lebens.In seinem gefeierten Roman erzählt Michael Chabon die unglaublichen Abenteuer seines unkonventionellen Großvaters, der einst Wernher von Braun in Deutschland jagte und ein in vielerlei Hinsicht leidenschaftliches Leben führte.Während in Deutschland die Mauer fällt, sitzt Michael am Bett seines Großvaters, der in der letzten Woche seines Lebens plötzlich gesprächig geworden ist. Der Enkel erfährt, wie der Großvater einmal seinen Chef fast mit einer Telefonschnur erdrosselt hätte, warum er eine Brücke in Washington in die Luft sprengen wollte, wie er in Deutschland den verhassten Wernher von Braun jagte, warum von Braun und er dieselbe Leidenschaft teilten und wie er nach dem Tod seiner Frau eine neue Vertraute fand.Mit sprachlicher Eleganz erzählt Michael Chabon Episoden aus der Lebensgeschichte seines Großvaters, in denen sich die großen Themen der amerikanischen und europäischen Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts - von der Mondraumfahrt bis zum Mauerfall - spiegeln.
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    McSweeny's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales (Unabridged Selections), Hörbuch, Digital, 444min
    Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, has joined forces with the editors of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern to create a collection of action-packed short stories by some of today's most talented names in literature. Elmore Leonard's telling of life for a fifteen-year-old boy and his dad in 1920's Oklahoma in "How Carlos Webster Changed His Name to Carl and Became a Famous Oklahoma Lawman" shifts easily to the happenings of an adolescent's unexpected run-in with the future in Nick Hornby's "Otherwise Pandemonium." In these and other stories, including Stephen King's "The Tale of Gray Dick," Michael Crichton's "Blood Doesn't Come Out," "Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly" by Dave Eggers, Harlan Ellison's "Goodbye to All That," Rick Moody's "The Albertine Notes," and "The Martian Agent, A Planetary Romance" by Michael Chabon, the authors return to the traditions of pulp fiction, spinning adventurous, suspense-ridden tales destined to keep their audience on the edges of their seats. Language: English. Narrator: Kevin Gray. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhau/000115/bk_rhau_000115_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 483min
    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. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Chabon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/002013/bk_harp_002013_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Summerland: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 928min
    From Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Chabon comes this best-selling novel for listeners of all ages that blends fantasy and folklore with that most American coming-of-age ritual: baseball. Now in a new edition, with an original introduction by the author. Ethan Feld is having a terrible summer: His father has moved them to Clam Island, Washington, where Ethan has quickly established himself as the least gifted baseball player the island has ever seen. Ethan's luck begins to change, however, when a mysterious baseball scout named Ringfinger Brown and a 765-year-old werefox enter his life, dragging Ethan into another world called the Summerlands. But this beautiful, winterless place is facing destruction at the hands of the villainous Coyote, and it has been prophesized that only Ethan can save it. In this cherished modern classic, the New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author brings his masterful storytelling, dexterous plotting, and singularly envisioned characters to a coming-of-age novel for listeners of all ages. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Chabon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005104/bk_harp_005104_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1580min
    Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 2001 It's 1939, in New York City. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat: smuggling himself out of Hitler's Prague. He's looking to make big money, fast, so that he can bring his family to freedom. His cousin, Brooklyn's own Sammy Clay, is looking for a partner in creating the heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit the American dreamscape: the comic book. Inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams, Kavalier and Clay create the Escapist, the Monitor, and the otherworldly Mistress of the Night, Luna Moth, inspired by the beautiful Rosa Saks, who will become linked by powerful ties to both men. The golden age of comic books has begun, even as the shadow of Hitler falls across Europe. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a stunning novel of endless comic invention and unforgettable characters, written in the exhilarating prose that has led critics to compare Michael Chabon to Cheever and Nabokov. In Joe Kavalier, Chabon has created a hero for the century. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Colacci. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/003900/bk_brll_003900_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Hörbuch, Digital, 533min
    It's 1939, in New York City. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat: smuggling himself out of Hitler's Prague. He's looking to make big money, fast, so that he can bring his family to freedom. His cousin, Brooklyn's own Sammy Clay, is looking for a partner in creating the heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit the American dreamscape: the comic book. Inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams, Kavalier and Clay create the Escapist, the Monitor, and the otherworldy Mistress of the Night, Luna Moth, inspired by the beautiful Rosa Saks, who will become linked by powerful ties to both men. The golden age of comic books has begun, even as the shadow of Hitler falls across Europe. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a stunning novel of endless comic invention and unforgettable characters, written in the exhilarating prose that has led critics to compare Michael Chabon to Cheever and Nabokov. In Joe Kavalier, Chabon, writing "like a magical spider, effortlessly spinning out elaborate webs of words that ensnare the reader" (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times), has created a hero for the century. Language: English. Narrator: David Colacci. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/000396/bk_brll_000396_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    A Dangerous Fiction
    A Dangerous Fiction ab 68.3 € als Taschenbuch: Subverting Hegemonic Masculinity through the Novels of Michael Chabon and Tom Wolfe. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Sprachwissenschaft,
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    The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 6min
    Awesome Man can shoot positronic rays out of his eyeballs, fly as straight asan arrow, and hug mutant Jell-O! Even villains like Professor Von Evil and the Flaming Eyeball are no match for this caped crusader. But Awesome Man also has a secret... Can you guess what it is? The first picture book from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon perfectly captures the fantasy life of young superhero fans. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marc Thompson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/002620/bk_harp_002620_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Dangerous Fiction
    Dangerous Fiction ab 83.99 € als pdf eBook: Subverting Hegemonic Masculinity through the Novels of Michael Chabon and Tom Wolfe. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen,
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    Telegraph Avenue
    Nat und Archy führen den kleinen und exklusiv bestückten Jazzplattenladen Brokeland Records. Ihre Ehefrauen arbeiten ebenfalls zusammen, sie sind Hebammen. Eines Tages gibt Gibson Goode, Football-Legende und Millionär, bekannt, gleich nebenan einen Megastore eröffnen zu wollen. Und als ob das nicht Existenzbedrohung genug wäre, ergießt sich ein ganzer Regen privaten Ärgers über Nat und Archy. Wie soll es weitergehen auf der Telegraph Avenue? Ein Roman, der sich einreiht in die großen Werke der amerikanischen Gegenwartsliteratur, eine Komposition, in der Jazz und Blues mitschwingen, ein großes Werk des Pulitzer-Preisträgers Michael Chabon.
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