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** Aside from that, Chabon (who is Jewish) loves Jewish history and culture. It figures prominently in most of his books.
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** Aside from that, Chabon (who is Jewish) loves Jewish history and culture. It figures prominently in most of his books. ''Kavalier and Clay'' focuses on superheroes as figures of Jewish vengeance, while ''The Yiddish Polcemen's Union'' is an AlternateHistory story steeped in Jewish history and culture.
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** ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'' - Reconstructs [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] superhero stories by telling a story from the POV of the men who wrote them, showing how important they are to American culture.
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** ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'' - Reconstructs [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] superhero stories by telling a story from the POV of the men who wrote them, showing how important they are to American culture, especially American Jewish culture.
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* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Yiddish creeps into many of his stories featuring Ashkenazi Jews.
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* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Yiddish creeps into many of his stories featuring Ashkenazi Jews. ''The Yiddish Policeman's Union'' was actually inspired by an essay lamenting that Yiddish has become a dead language, leading Chabon to wonder about a world where Yiddish was more common. "Yids" is even a FantasticSlur for Jewish residents of Alaska in the novel.
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* ''The Final Solution'' - A mystery novella starring an unnamed elderly detective who might be (read: obviously is) Franchise/SherlockHolmes.
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* ''The Final Solution'' ''Literature/TheFinalSolution'' - A mystery novella starring an unnamed elderly detective who might be (read: obviously is) Franchise/SherlockHolmes.
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* ''Wonder Boys'' - Made into a movie starring Creator/MichaelDouglas and Creator/TobeyMaguire. The screenplay was nominated for an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward.
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* ''Wonder Boys'' ''Film/WonderBoys'' - Made into a movie starring Creator/MichaelDouglas and Creator/TobeyMaguire. The screenplay was nominated for an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward.
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He also worked on the screenplays for ''Film/SpiderMan2'', ''Film/JohnCarter'' and the ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' ''Short Treks'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryShortTreksE02Calypso Calypso]]". He was the showrunner during Season 1 of ''Series/StarTrekPicard''.
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He also worked on the screenplays for ''Film/SpiderMan2'', ''Film/JohnCarter'' films such as ''Film/SpiderMan2'' and ''Film/JohnCarter'', as well as having co-written the ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' ''Short Treks'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryShortTreksE02Calypso Calypso]]". He was the showrunner during Season 1 of ''Series/StarTrekPicard''.
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** This is likely the reason he writes so much "low-brow" genre fiction; he likes to write in genres that he genuinely ''enjoys'' reading.
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** This is likely the reason he writes so much "low-brow" "low brow" genre fiction; he likes to write in genres that he genuinely ''enjoys'' reading.
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* ''The Mysteries of Pittsburgh'' - A ComingOfAge novel that explored a bisexual LoveTriangle.
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* {{Reconstruction}}: He's one of the most respected writers in America, yet many of his books take on subjects usually seen as meaningless pop culture, as if to prove that they ''can'' have literary merit if done right.
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* {{Reconstruction}}: He's one of the most respected writers in America, the modern American literary world, yet many of his books take on subjects usually seen as meaningless pop culture, as if to prove that they ''can'' have literary merit if done right.
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* BiTheWay: Both many of the characters in his books and the man himself.
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He also worked on the screenplays for ''Film/SpiderMan2'', ''Film/JohnCarter'' and the ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' ''Short Treks'' episode Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryShortTreksE02Calypso.
"[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryShortTreksE02Calypso Calypso]]". He was the showrunner during Season 1 of ''Series/StarTrekPicard''.
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* ''Gentlemen of the Road'' - A more traditional adventure novel. Chabon himself dubbed it "Jews with swords".
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* ''Gentlemen of the Road'' - A more traditional adventure novel. Chabon himself dubbed it "Jews with swords".swords."
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* ShownTheirWork: He does lots of research for every novel he writes, whether it be [[Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay 30’s New York]] or [[Literature/TheMysteriesOfPittsburgh Pittsburgh of the 80’s]]. ''And it shows.''
* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Probably the main reason he wrote ''Awesome Man''
* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Probably the main reason he wrote ''Awesome Man''
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* ShownTheirWork: He does lots of research for every novel he writes, whether it be [[Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay 30’s '30s New York]] or [[Literature/TheMysteriesOfPittsburgh Pittsburgh of the 80’s]].'80s]]. ''And it shows.''
* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Probably the main reason he wrote ''AwesomeMan''Man''.
* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Probably the main reason he wrote ''Awesome
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** ''Literature/{{Summerland}}'' - Reconstructs adolescent HighFantasy like ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' by giving it a fresh setting -- in this case, a fantasy-world based on American culture and folklore.
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** ''Literature/{{Summerland}}'' - Reconstructs adolescent HighFantasy like ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' by giving it a fresh setting -- in this case, [[FantasyAmericana a fantasy-world based on American culture and folklore.folklore]].
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He also worked on the screenplays for ''Film/SpiderMan2'' ''Film/SpiderMan2'', ''Film/JohnCarter'' and ''Film/JohnCarter''.
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* ''Moonglow'' - A semi-fictionalized memoir of Chabon's dying grandfather, a WW2 veteran, engineer and rocket enthusiast.
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* ''Moonglow'' - A semi-fictionalized memoir of Chabon's dying grandfather, a WW2 World War II veteran, engineer and rocket enthusiast.
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Michael Chabon (born May 24, 1963) is an American writer of both [[LitFic literary]] and genre fiction. He has achieved the unprecedented goal of appealing to both literary snobs who despise genre fiction, and genre fiction snobs who despise the literati. Sometimes even at the same time. He has won both a Pulitzer Prize for Literature, and a UsefulNotes/HugoAward for best ScienceFiction Novel of the Year.
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Michael Chabon (born May 24, 1963) is an American writer of both [[LitFic literary]] and genre fiction. He has achieved the unprecedented goal of appealing to both literary snobs who despise genre fiction, and genre fiction snobs who despise the literati. Sometimes even at the same time. He has won both a Pulitzer Prize UsefulNotes/PulitzerPrize for Literature, and a UsefulNotes/HugoAward for best ScienceFiction Novel of the Year.
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* ''Moonglow'' - A semi-fictionalized memoir of Chabon's dying grandfather, a WW2 veteran, engineer and rocket enthusiast.
* ''Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces'' - Chabon's third book of essays.
* ''Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces'' - Chabon's third book of essays.
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** In ''Literature/WonderBoys'', the Warshaw family has three children adopted from Korea, all of whom are relatively observant Jews.
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** In ''Literature/WonderBoys'', ''Wonder Boys'', the Warshaw family has three children adopted from Korea, all of whom are relatively observant Jews.
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** ''Gentlemen Of The Road'' - Reconstructs TwoFistedTales and pulp adventure stories.
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** ''Gentlemen Of The Road'' ''Literature/GentlemenOfTheRoad'' - Reconstructs TwoFistedTales and pulp adventure stories.
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** ''Literature/{{Summerland}}'' - Reconstructs adolescent HighFantasy like ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' by giving it a fresh setting -- in this case, a fantasy-world based on American culture and folklore.
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** ''Literature/{{Summerland}}'' - Reconstructs adolescent HighFantasy like ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' by giving it a fresh setting -- in this case, a fantasy-world based on American culture and folklore.
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* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: Ashkenazi Jews appear in most of his works, although they are not the only ones. In fact, there is a running theme that the non-Ashkenazim characters are usually more faithfully observant:
** He set out to turn this trope on its head with ''Literature/GentlemenOfTheRoad'', which prominently features an Abyssinian Jew and the Khazars, a kingdom of Turkic Jews. It does, however, feature an Ashkenazi Jew who is very far from home.
** ''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'' is a notable straight example, envisioning an alternate universe in which Israel was a non-starter and instead a Jewish free state was formed by Ashkenazi Jews in Alaska. Even they are balanced by Berko Shemets, who is a half-Tligit (Alaskan native) convert and one of the most religious characters in the novel.
** He set out to turn this trope on its head with ''Literature/GentlemenOfTheRoad'', which prominently features an Abyssinian Jew and the Khazars, a kingdom of Turkic Jews. It does, however, feature an Ashkenazi Jew who is very far from home.
** ''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'' is a notable straight example, envisioning an alternate universe in which Israel was a non-starter and instead a Jewish free state was formed by Ashkenazi Jews in Alaska. Even they are balanced by Berko Shemets, who is a half-Tligit (Alaskan native) convert and one of the most religious characters in the novel.
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** He set out to turn this trope on its head with ''Literature/GentlemenOfTheRoad'', which prominently features an Abyssinian Jew and the Khazars, a kingdom of Turkic Jews. It does, however, feature an Ashkenazi Jew who is very far from home.
** ''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'' is a notable straight example, envisioning an alternate universe in which Israel was a non-starter and instead a Jewish free state was formed by Ashkenazi Jews in Alaska. Even they are balanced by Berko Shemets, who is a half-Tligit (Alaskan native) convert and one of the most religious characters in the novel.
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* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Yiddish creeps into many of his stories fearuring Ashkenazi Jews.
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* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Yiddish creeps into many of his stories fearuring featuring Ashkenazi Jews.
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Tropes that appear frequently in Chabon's works and some trivia on the man.
*AllJewsAreAshkenazi: Ashkenazi Jews appear in most of his works, although they are not the only ones. In fact, there is a running theme that the non-Ashkenazim characters are usually more faithfully observant:
** He set out to turn this trope on its head with ''Literature/GentlemenOfTheRoad'', which prominently features an Abyssinian Jew and the Khazars, a kingdom of Turkic Jews. It does, however, feature an Ashkenazi Jew who is very far from home.
** ''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'' is a notable straight example, envisioning an alternate universe in which Israel was a non-starter and instead a Jewish free state was formed by Ashkenazi Jews in Alaska. Even they are balanced by Berko Shemets, who is a half-Tligit (Alaskan native) convert and one of the most religious characters in the novel.
** In ''Literature/WonderBoys'', the Warshaw family has three children adopted from Korea, all of whom are relatively observant Jews.
** He set out to turn this trope on its head with ''Literature/GentlemenOfTheRoad'', which prominently features an Abyssinian Jew and the Khazars, a kingdom of Turkic Jews. It does, however, feature an Ashkenazi Jew who is very far from home.
** ''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'' is a notable straight example, envisioning an alternate universe in which Israel was a non-starter and instead a Jewish free state was formed by Ashkenazi Jews in Alaska. Even they are balanced by Berko Shemets, who is a half-Tligit (Alaskan native) convert and one of the most religious characters in the novel.
** In ''Literature/WonderBoys'', the Warshaw family has three children adopted from Korea, all of whom are relatively observant Jews.
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* BiTheWay: Both many of the characters in his books and the man himself.
* BigApplesauce
* DisappearedDad / MissingMom: Frequently. Art Bechstein's mom in ''Literature/TheMysteriesOfPittsburgh'', Sammy Clay's dad in ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'', Ethan Feld's mom in ''Literature/{{Summerland}}'', Meyer Landsman's dad in ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'', etc.
* GenreThrowback: Frequently does this in literary form (see {{Reconstruction}}).
* PurpleProse: Is known for this, with ''Gentlemen of the Road'' being a particularly thick example.
* {{Reconstruction}}: He's one of the most respected writers in America, yet many of his books take on subjects usually seen as meaningless pop culture, as if to prove that they ''can'' have literary merit if done right.
** ''Gentlemen Of The Road'' - Reconstructs TwoFistedTales and pulp adventure stories.
** ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'' - Reconstructs [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] superhero stories by telling a story from the POV of the men who wrote them, showing how important they are to American culture.
** ''Literature/{{Summerland}}'' - Reconstructs adolescent HighFantasy like ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' by giving it a fresh setting -- in this case, a fantasy-world based on American culture and folklore.
** ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'' - Reconstructs traditional FilmNoir and HardboiledDetective stories, again, by giving it a fresh setting -- an AlternateHistory version of America where a thriving Yiddish culture exists on the Alaskan frontier.
* ShownTheirWork: He does lots of research for every novel he writes, whether it be [[Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay 30’s New York]] or [[Literature/TheMysteriesOfPittsburgh Pittsburgh of the 80’s]]. ''And it shows.''
* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Probably the main reason he wrote ''AwesomeMan''.Man''
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Yiddish creeps into many of his stories fearuring Ashkenazi Jews.
* BigApplesauce
* DisappearedDad / MissingMom: Frequently. Art Bechstein's mom in ''Literature/TheMysteriesOfPittsburgh'', Sammy Clay's dad in ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'', Ethan Feld's mom in ''Literature/{{Summerland}}'', Meyer Landsman's dad in ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'', etc.
* GenreThrowback: Frequently does this in literary form (see {{Reconstruction}}).
* PurpleProse: Is known for this, with ''Gentlemen of the Road'' being a particularly thick example.
* {{Reconstruction}}: He's one of the most respected writers in America, yet many of his books take on subjects usually seen as meaningless pop culture, as if to prove that they ''can'' have literary merit if done right.
** ''Gentlemen Of The Road'' - Reconstructs TwoFistedTales and pulp adventure stories.
** ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'' - Reconstructs [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] superhero stories by telling a story from the POV of the men who wrote them, showing how important they are to American culture.
** ''Literature/{{Summerland}}'' - Reconstructs adolescent HighFantasy like ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' by giving it a fresh setting -- in this case, a fantasy-world based on American culture and folklore.
** ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'' - Reconstructs traditional FilmNoir and HardboiledDetective stories, again, by giving it a fresh setting -- an AlternateHistory version of America where a thriving Yiddish culture exists on the Alaskan frontier.
* ShownTheirWork: He does lots of research for every novel he writes, whether it be [[Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay 30’s New York]] or [[Literature/TheMysteriesOfPittsburgh Pittsburgh of the 80’s]]. ''And it shows.''
* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Probably the main reason he wrote ''Awesome
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Yiddish creeps into many of his stories fearuring Ashkenazi Jews.
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Michael Chabon (born May 24, 1963) is an American writer of both [[LitFic literary]] and genre fiction. He has achieved the unprecedented goal of appealing to both literary snobs who despise genre fiction, and genre fiction snobs who despise the literati. Sometimes even at the same time. He has won both a Pulitzer Prize for Literature, and a UsefulNotes/HugoAward for best ScienceFiction Novel of the Year.
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Michael Chabon is an American writer of both [[LitFic literary]] and genre fiction. He has achieved the unprecedented goal of appealing to both literary snobs who despise genre fiction, and genre fiction snobs who despise the literati. Sometimes even at the same time. He has won both a Pulitzer Prize for Literature, and a HugoAward for best ScienceFiction Novel of the Year.
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Michael Chabon is an American writer of both [[LitFic literary]] and genre fiction. He has achieved the unprecedented goal of appealing to both literary snobs who despise genre fiction, and genre fiction snobs who despise the literati. Sometimes even at the same time. He has won both a Pulitzer Prize for Literature, and a HugoAward UsefulNotes/HugoAward for best ScienceFiction Novel of the Year.
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* ''Literature/GentlemenOfTheRoad''
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** Among other things, ''GentlemenOfTheRoad'' is also a homage to Creator/FritzLeiber's Literature/FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser tales.
* {{Reconstruction}}: ''Gentlemen Of The Road'' - Reconstructs TwoFistedTales and pulp adventure stories.
* PurpleProse: ''Gentlemen of the Road'' is a particularly thick example.
* {{Reconstruction}}: ''Gentlemen Of The Road'' - Reconstructs TwoFistedTales and pulp adventure stories.
* PurpleProse: ''Gentlemen of the Road'' is a particularly thick example.
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* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: Ashkenazi Jews appear in most of his works, although they are not the only ones. In fact, there is a running theme that the non-Ashkenazim characters are usually more faithfully observant:
** He set out to turn this trope on its head with ''Literature/GentlemenOfTheRoad'', which prominently features an Abyssinian Jew and the Khazars, a kingdom of Turkic Jews. It does, however, feature an Ashkenazi Jew who is very far from home.
** He set out to turn this trope on its head with ''Literature/GentlemenOfTheRoad'', which prominently features an Abyssinian Jew and the Khazars, a kingdom of Turkic Jews. It does, however, feature an Ashkenazi Jew who is very far from home.
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* AllJewsAreAshkenazi: Ashkenazi Jews appear in most of his works, although they are not the only ones. In fact, there is a running theme that the non-Ashkenazim characters are usually more faithfully observant:
**He set out to turn this trope on its head with ''Literature/GentlemenOfTheRoad'', which prominently features an Abyssinian Jew and the Khazars, a kingdom of Turkic Jews. It does, however, feature an Ashkenazi Jew who is very far from home.
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* BiTheWay
* BigApplesauce
* {{Reconstruction}}: He's one of the most respected writers in America, yet many of his books take on subjects usually seen as meaningless pop culture, as if to prove that they ''can'' have literary merit if done right.
** ''Gentlemen Of The Road'' - Reconstructs TwoFistedTales and pulp adventure stories.
* GenreThrowback: Frequently does this in literary form (see {{Reconstruction}}).
* PurpleProse: Is known for this. ''Gentlemen of the Road'' is a particularly thick example.
* BigApplesauce
* {{Reconstruction}}: He's one of the most respected writers in America, yet many of his books take on subjects usually seen as meaningless pop culture, as if to prove that they ''can'' have literary merit if done right.
** ''Gentlemen Of The Road'' - Reconstructs TwoFistedTales and pulp adventure stories.
* GenreThrowback: Frequently does this in literary form (see {{Reconstruction}}).
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* ShownTheirWork: He does lots of research for every novel he writes. ''And it shows.''
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Yiddish creeps into many of his stories fearuring Ashkenazi Jews.
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Yiddish creeps into many of his stories fearuring Ashkenazi Jews.
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** ''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'' is a notable straight example, envisioning an alternate universe in which Israel was a non-starter and instead a Jewish free state was formed by Ashkenazi Jews in Alaska. Even they are balanced by Berko Shemets, who is a half-Tligit (Alaskan native) convert and one of the most religious characters in the novel.
** And in ''Literature/WonderBoys'', the Warshaw family has three children adopted from Korea, all of whom are relatively observant Jews.
* AlternateHistory
** And in ''Literature/WonderBoys'', the Warshaw family has three children adopted from Korea, all of whom are relatively observant Jews.
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* DisappearedDad / MissingMom: Frequently. Art Bechstein's mom in ''Literature/TheMysteriesOfPittsburgh'', Sammy Clay's dad in ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'', Ethan Feld's mom in ''Literature/{{Summerland}}'', Meyer Landsman's dad in ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'', etc.
* {{Fanfic}}: ''The Final Solution'' is essentially this for the SherlockHolmes stories
* NoNameGiven: The protagonist of ''The Final Solution'', deliberately done to conceal the fact that he's really SherlockHolmes
* {{Fanfic}}: ''The Final Solution'' is essentially this for the SherlockHolmes stories
* NoNameGiven: The protagonist of ''The Final Solution'', deliberately done to conceal the fact that he's really SherlockHolmes
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** ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'' - Reconstructs [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] superhero stories by telling a story from the POV of the men who wrote them, showing how important they are to American culture.
** ''Literature/{{Summerland}}'' - Reconstructs adolescent HighFantasy like ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' by giving it a fresh setting -- in this case, a fantasy-world based on American culture and folklore.
** ''Literature/{{Summerland}}'' - Reconstructs adolescent HighFantasy like ''TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' by giving it a fresh setting -- in this case, a fantasy-world based on American culture and folklore.
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** ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'' - Reconstructs traditional FilmNoir and HardboiledDetective stories, again, by giving it a fresh setting -- an AlternateHistory version of America where a thriving Yiddish culture exists on the Alaskan frontier.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to TheOtherWiki, he was involved in pitching story ideas for the ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' and ''Film/FantasticFour'' movies, but all of his ideas were rejected. And he once pitched an original screenplay that he described as a RomanticComedy "about old Jewish folks on a third-rate cruise ship out of Miami", but the producer that he was working with decided not to take it.
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Yiddish creeps into many of his stories fearuring Ashkenazi Jews. ''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'' features Yiddish puns.
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!!Works by Michael Chabon include:
* ''The Mysteries of Pittsburgh'' - A ComingOfAge novel that explored a bisexual LoveTriangle.
* ''Wonder Boys'' - Made into a movie starring Creator/MichaelDouglas and Creator/TobeyMaguire. The screenplay was nominated for an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward.
* ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay'' - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This was not, technically, a genre novel, but it was about UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, about as geeky a subject as one could want.
* ''Summerland'' - Best-selling YA fantasy novel about kids saving the world by playing baseball.
* ''The Final Solution'' - A mystery novella starring an unnamed elderly detective who might be (read: obviously is) Franchise/SherlockHolmes.
* ''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'' - An AlternateHistory noir novel set in Alaska. Winner of the UsefulNotes/HugoAward.
* ''Gentlemen of the Road'' - A more traditional adventure novel. Chabon himself dubbed it "Jews with swords".
* ''Manhood for Amateurs'' - A collection of autobiographical essays.
* ''The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man'' - A children's book about the titular superhero (yes, really).
* ''Telegraph Avenue'' - A novel about record-store owners in north Oakland, threatened by a megastore.
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* ''The Mysteries of Pittsburgh'' - A ComingOfAge novel that explored a bisexual LoveTriangle.
* ''Wonder Boys'' - Made into a movie starring Creator/MichaelDouglas and Creator/TobeyMaguire. The screenplay was nominated for an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward.
* ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay'' - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This was not, technically, a genre novel, but it was about UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, about as geeky a subject as one could want.
* ''Summerland'' - Best-selling YA fantasy novel about kids saving the world by playing baseball.
* ''The Final Solution'' - A mystery novella starring an unnamed elderly detective who might be (read: obviously is) Franchise/SherlockHolmes.
* ''The Yiddish Policemen's Union'' - An AlternateHistory noir novel set in Alaska. Winner of the UsefulNotes/HugoAward.
* ''Gentlemen of the Road'' - A more traditional adventure novel. Chabon himself dubbed it "Jews with swords".
* ''Manhood for Amateurs'' - A collection of autobiographical essays.
* ''The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man'' - A children's book about the titular superhero (yes, really).
* ''Telegraph Avenue'' - A novel about record-store owners in north Oakland, threatened by a megastore.
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* ''Literature/TheMysteriesOfPittsburgh'' - A ComingOfAge novel that explored a bisexual LoveTriangle.
* ''Literature/WonderBoys'' - Made into a movie starring MichaelDouglas and Creator/TobeyMaguire. The screenplay was nominated for an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward.
* ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'' - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This was not, technically, a genre novel, but it was about UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, about as geeky a subject as one could want.
* ''Literature/{{Summerland}}'' - Best-selling YA fantasy novel about kids saving the world by playing baseball.
* ''Literature/TheFinalSolution'' - A mystery novella starring an unnamed elderly detective who might be (read: obviously is) SherlockHolmes.
* ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'' - An AlternateHistory noir novel set in Alaska. Winner of the HugoAward.
* ''Literature/WonderBoys'' - Made into a movie starring MichaelDouglas and Creator/TobeyMaguire. The screenplay was nominated for an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward.
* ''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'' - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This was not, technically, a genre novel, but it was about UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, about as geeky a subject as one could want.
* ''Literature/{{Summerland}}'' - Best-selling YA fantasy novel about kids saving the world by playing baseball.
* ''Literature/TheFinalSolution'' - A mystery novella starring an unnamed elderly detective who might be (read: obviously is) SherlockHolmes.
* ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'' - An AlternateHistory noir novel set in Alaska. Winner of the HugoAward.
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* ''Literature/TheMysteriesOfPittsburgh'' - A ComingOfAge novel that explored a bisexual LoveTriangle.
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*''Literature/WonderBoys'' - Made into a movie starring MichaelDouglas and Creator/TobeyMaguire. The screenplay was nominated for an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward.
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*''Literature/TheAmazingAdventuresOfKavalierAndClay'' - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. This was not, technically, a genre novel, but it was about UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, about as geeky a subject as one could want.
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*''Literature/{{Summerland}}'' - Best-selling YA fantasy novel about kids saving the world by playing baseball.
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*''Literature/TheFinalSolution'' - A mystery novella starring an unnamed elderly detective who might be (read: obviously is) SherlockHolmes.
''Literature/WonderBoys''
*''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'' - An AlternateHistory noir novel set in Alaska. Winner of the HugoAward.''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion''
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!! Other works by Michael Chabon:
* ''Literature/GentlemenOfTheRoad'' - A more traditional adventure novel. Chabon himself dubbed it "Jews with swords".
* ''Manhood for Amateurs'' - A collection of autobiographical essays.
* ''The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man'' - A children's book about the titular superhero (yes, really).
* ''Literature/TelegraphAvenue'' - A novel about record-store owners in north Oakland, threatened by a megastore.
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* ''Literature/GentlemenOfTheRoad'' - A more traditional adventure novel. Chabon himself dubbed it "Jews with swords".
* ''Manhood for Amateurs'' - A collection of autobiographical essays.
* ''The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man'' - A children's book about the titular superhero (yes, really).
* ''Literature/TelegraphAvenue'' - A novel about record-store owners in north Oakland, threatened by a megastore.
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* ''Literature/GentlemenOfTheRoad'' - A more traditional adventure novel.
* ''Manhood for Amateurs'' - A collection of autobiographical essays.
* ''The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man'' - A children's book about the titular superhero (yes, really).
* ''Literature/TelegraphAvenue'' - A novel about record-store owners in north Oakland, threatened by a megastore.
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* ''Literature/TheFinalSolution'' - A mystery novella starring an unnamed elderly detective who is might be (read: obviously is) SherlockHolmes.
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* ''Literature/TheFinalSolution'' - A mystery novella starring an unnamed elderly detective who is might be (read: obviously is) SherlockHolmes.