Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 7:30pm
Reading at Orpheum Theatre
203 West Adams, Phoenix
Admission: $10.00 ($5.00 with student ID)
Call (602) 262.7272 or click here to purchase advance tickets. Tickets may also be purchased at the door. Click here for directions and parking information.
Michael Chabon’s first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh became a national bestseller; his second novel, Wonder Boys, also a bestseller, and was made into a critically-acclaimed film. Chabon’s third novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, catapulted him to literary prominence. An immediate bestseller it went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001 and was an ALA Notable Book of 2000. His fourth novel, Summerland is a young adult novel, which won the 2001 Mythopoetic Fantasy Award. Chabon is also the author of two collections of short stories, A Model World and Other Stories and Werewolves In Their Youth. Chabon is currently at work on a novel entitled The Yiddish Policeman's Union.
This event is sponsored, in part, by the Jewish Studies Program at ASU and the Office of the Vice President and Provost of the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus.
Michael Chabon’s first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh became a national bestseller; his second novel, Wonder Boys, also a bestseller, and was made into a critically-acclaimed film. Chabon’s third novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, catapulted him to literary prominence. An immediate bestseller it went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001 and was an ALA Notable Book of 2000. His fourth novel, Summerland is a young adult novel, which won the 2001 Mythopoetic Fantasy Award. Chabon is also the author of two collections of short stories, A Model World and Other Stories and Werewolves In Their Youth. Chabon is currently at work on a novel entitled The Yiddish Policeman's Union.