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    A Study Guide for Michael Chabon's "The Little Knife"
    A Study Guide for Michael Chabon's "The Little Knife"
    A Study Guide for Michael Chabon's "The Little Knife"
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    A Study Guide for Michael Chabon's "The Little Knife"

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    A Study Guide for Michael Chabon's "The Little Knife," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 27, 2016
    ISBN9781535838023
    A Study Guide for Michael Chabon's "The Little Knife"

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      A Study Guide for Michael Chabon's "The Little Knife" - Gale

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      The Little Knife

      Michael Chabon

      1991

      Introduction

      Michael Chabon's The Little Knife tells the story of Nathan Shapiro, a ten-year-old boy on vacation with his family while his parents edge closer and closer to the argument that will finally split their family apart. Dr. and Mrs. Shapiro try to keep their anger toward each other hidden from their two sons, but in a rented cabin at the beach along the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Nathan and his younger brother cannot help noticing the increasing hostility. For a while, Nathan entertains the hope that he can get his parents to put aside their differences, but when it becomes clear that separation is inevitable, he blames himself. Eventually, the guilt he feels makes him devise a plan that will make his parents' lives even more difficult.

      The Little Knife begins a sequence of five stories that form the last half of Chabon's 1991 collection A Model World and Other Stories. The stories follow Nathan through his parents' break-up, their divorce, and their subsequent remarriages, and the effects on his emotional development as he grows toward adulthood.

      Chabon is considered a premier fiction writer, known internationally for such novels as The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, and his Pulitzer Prize–winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Esquire magazine has listed him among its 75 most Influential People of the 21st Century. At the same time that he continues to produce lauded fiction he has branched out into popular entertainment, writing for films, producing works in the horror and science fiction genres, and contributing to graphic novels such as The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist and Justice Society of America.

      Author Biography

      Chabon was born in Washington, D.C., on May 24, 1963. His parents divorced when he was young, which led to his growing up in Pittsburgh and in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1984 he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and in 1987 he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Irvine. While at Irvine, one of his advisors saw promise in his work and sent a copy of Chabon's first book, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, to his own agent, who

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