num_pages: 207
description: From the wondrously talented author of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Wonder Boys comes a magnificent collection of ironic, understated tales that confirm his reputation as "the young star of American letters." -- Washington Post Book World. Here are eleven superb stories about growing up and growing wise -- stories in which people attempt to create and inhabit their own model worlds, only to watch them collapse in the face of the real world.
language: English
title: A Model World and Other Stories
titlecomplete: A Model World and Other Stories
genres: American, Jewish, United States, Fiction, Novels, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Collections
ratings_count: 3206
publisher: William Morrow & Co