{"product_id":"moonglow-paperback","title":"Moonglow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Chabon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Sophie Brody Medal\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eAn NBCC Finalist for 2016 Award for Fiction\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eALA Carnegie Medal Finalist for Excellence in Fiction\u003cem\u003e - Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e's Best Novel of the Year\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eAn NPR Best Book of the Year\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eSlate\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e Top 15 Fiction Book of the Year\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eiBooks Novel of the Year\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eAn Amazon Editors' Top 20 Book of the Year\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003e#1 Indie Next Pick\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003e#1 Amazon Spotlight Pick\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eA \u003cem\u003eBookPage\u003c\/em\u003e Top Fiction Pick of the Month\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eAn Indie Next Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This book is beautiful.\" \u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003e A.O. Scott, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, cover review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing on the heels of his \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling novel \u003cem\u003eTelegraph Avenue\u003c\/em\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon delivers another literary masterpiece: a novel of truth and lies, family legends, and existential adventure--and the forces that work to destroy us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1989, fresh from the publication of his first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael Chabon traveled to his mother's home in Oakland, California, to visit his terminally ill grandfather. Tongue loosened by powerful painkillers, memory stirred by the imminence of death, Chabon's grandfather shared recollections and told stories the younger man had never heard before, uncovering bits and pieces of a history long buried and forgotten. That dreamlike week of revelations forms the basis for the novel \u003cem\u003eMoonglow\u003c\/em\u003e, the latest feat of legerdemain from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eMoonglow \u003c\/em\u003eunfolds as the deathbed confession of a man the narrator refers to only as \"my grandfather.\" It is a tale of madness, of war and adventure, of sex and marriage and desire, of existential doubt and model rocketry, of the shining aspirations and demonic underpinnings of American technological accomplishment at midcentury, and, above all, of the destructive impact--and the creative power--of keeping secrets and telling lies. It is a portrait of the difficult but passionate love between the narrator's grandfather and his grandmother, an enigmatic woman broken by her experience growing up in war-torn France. It is also a tour de force of speculative autobiography in which Chabon devises and reveals a secret history of his own imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From the Jewish slums of prewar South Philadelphia to the invasion of Germany, from a Florida retirement village to the penal utopia of New York's Wallkill prison, from the heyday of the space program to the twilight of the \"American Century,\" the novel revisits an entire era through a single life and collapses a lifetime into a single week. A lie that tells the truth, a work of fictional nonfiction, an autobiography wrapped in a novel disguised as a memoir, \u003cem\u003eMoonglow \u003c\/em\u003eis Chabon at his most moving and inventive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1989, fresh from the publication of his first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael Chabon traveled to his mother's home in Oakland, California, to visit his terminally ill grandfather. Tongue loosened by powerful painkillers, memory stirred by the imminence of death, Chabon's grandfather shared recollections and told stories the younger man had never before heard, uncovering bits and pieces of a history long buried and forgotten. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoonglow\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds as the deathbed confession of a man the narrator refers to only as \"my grandfather.\" It is a tale of madness, of war and adventure, of sex and marriage and desire, of existential doubt and model rocketry, of the shining aspirations and demonic underpinnings of American technological accomplishment at midcentury, and, above all, of the destructive impact--and the creative power--of keeping secrets and telling lies. It is also a tour de force of speculative autobiography in which the author devises and reveals a secret history of his own imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e--Talya Zax, \u003ci\u003eForward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1989, fresh from the publication of his first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael Chabon traveled to his mother's home in Oakland, California, to visit his terminally ill grandfather. Tongue loosened by powerful painkillers, memory stirred by the imminence of death, Chabon's grandfather shared recollections and told stories the younger man had never before heard, uncovering bits and pieces of a history long buried and forgotten. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoonglow\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds as the deathbed confession of a man the narrator refers to only as \"my grandfather.\" It is a tale of madness, of war and adventure, of sex and marriage and desire, of existential doubt and model rocketry, of the shining aspirations and demonic underpinnings of American technological accomplishment at midcentury, and, above all, of the destructive impact--and the creative power--of keeping secrets and telling lies. It is also a tour de force of speculative autobiography in which the author devises and reveals a secret history of his own imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 688\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41885595369607,"sku":"9780062466723","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d67893b9ea1dd3f8793de92c78b47490.webp?v=1734079977","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/moonglow-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}