Summerland (62 page)

Ethan got knocked down. When he stood up again, his mouth was full of dirt, he had taken a knee in the eye, and his nose was bleeding. But he was still holding on to the ball.

MICHAEL CHABON

is the internationally best-selling author of
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
, which received the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He is also the author of
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
, as well as two other novels, a novella, two short story collections, and two nonfiction books. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, the novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their four children. Visit him online at
www.michaelchabon.com
.