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A review by koreilly
A Model World and Other Stories by Michael Chabon
3.0
This is late 80s to early 90s Chabon and sometimes it reads less like a collection of short stories and more embarrassing draft for an MFA class (which I'm sure is where some of these were born honestly).
Chabon's portrayals of those free flowing and loving 90s bohemians tends toward the embarrassing but his second half of the book, a series of stories chronicling the coming of age of a Jewish boy on the East Coast are much better.
Overall, it's a short collection of stories and you can use your own gut to skip the fat and get to the meat. Chabon has always shined when writing about family life and jewish quarrels more so than his writing on romance and women.
Chabon's portrayals of those free flowing and loving 90s bohemians tends toward the embarrassing but his second half of the book, a series of stories chronicling the coming of age of a Jewish boy on the East Coast are much better.
Overall, it's a short collection of stories and you can use your own gut to skip the fat and get to the meat. Chabon has always shined when writing about family life and jewish quarrels more so than his writing on romance and women.