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Pops : fatherhood in pieces
- Title
- Pops : fatherhood in pieces / Michael Chabon.
- Author
- Chabon, Michael
- Publication
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- 127 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- Essays inspired by Chabon's interactions with his four children and his own father illuminate the meaning, magic, and mysteries of fatherhood.
- "For the September 2016 issue of GQ, Michael Chabon wrote a piece about accompanying his son Abraham, then thirteen, to Paris Men's Fashion Week. Possessed with a precocious sense of style, Abe was in his element chatting with designers he idolized and turning a critical eye to the freshest runway looks of the season. Chabon Sr., whose interest in clothing stops at 'thrift-shopping for vintage western shirts or Hermès neckties, ' sat idly by, staving off yawns and fighting the impulse that the whole thing was a massive waste of time. Despite his own indifference, however, what gradually emerged as Chabon ferried his son to and from fashion shows was a deep respect for his son's passion. The piece quickly became a viral sensation. With the GQ story as its centerpiece, and featuring six additional essays plus an introduction, Pops illuminates the meaning, magic, and mysteries of fatherhood as only Michael Chabon can"--Jacket.
- Uniform Title
- Essays. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Essays.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Essays.
- Contents
- Introduction: the opposite of writing -- Little man -- Adventures in euphemism -- The bubble people -- Against dickitude -- The old ball game -- Be cool or be cast out -- Pops.
- Call Number
- JFC 19-557
- ISBN
- 9780062834621
- 0062834622
- 9780062870186
- 0062870181
- 9780062870193
- 006287019X
- LCCN
- 2017279681
- OCLC
- 1018200485
- Author
- Chabon, Michael, author.
- Title
- Pops : fatherhood in pieces / Michael Chabon.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Chabon, Michael. Little man. Container of (work)Chabon, Michael. Adventures in euphemism. Container of (work)Chabon, Michael. Bubble people. Container of (work)Chabon, Michael. Against dickitude. Container of (work)Chabon, Michael. Old ball game. Container of (work)Chabon, Michael. Be cool or be cast out. Container of (work)
- Research Call Number
- JFC 19-557