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About This Book:

Title: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Other Available Formats:
Hardcover, 2000
Audio Cassette, 2000
Audio Cassette, 2000
Prebinding, 2001
Compact Disc, 2005
MP3 CD, 2005
Compact Disc, 2005
MP3 CD, 2005

Synopsis
During the rise of Nazism, Joe Kavalier escapes from Prague and immigrates to America, where he hopes to make enough money to bring the rest of his family with him. He teams up with Sammy Clay, his Brooklyn cousin, to create comic book characters who act out the dreams of their creators--who, meanwhile, both become involved with the same woman, the devastating Rosa Saks. Chabon's critically acclaimed novel provides not only a window into the immigrant experience but also a hymn of praise to the golden age of the comics. THE AMAZING ADVENTURES was a New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000.

Details
Language:        English

Size
Length:        639 Pages
Weight:        1.3 Pounds
Height:         8.3 Inches
Width:          5.5 Inches
Thickness:    1.3 Inches



Publisher Notes
First Line: In later years, holding forth to an interviewer or to an audience of aging fans at a comic book convention, Sam Clay liked to declare, apropos of his and Joe Kavalier's greatest creation, that back when he was a boy, sealed and hog-tied inside the airtight vessel known as Brooklyn, New York, he had been haunted by dreams of Harry Houdini.
In 1939 New York City, Joe Kavalier, a refugee from Hitler's Prague, joins forces with his Brooklyn-born cousin, Sammy Clay, to create comic-book superheroes inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams. By the author of Wonder Boys and The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. Reprint.



Industry Reviews
"In a cameo-studded book...that echoes RAGTIME, just as it sometimes suggests John Irving in fanciful mode, Mr. Chabon tells a bustling, convoluted story in an eloquent, exceptionally precise voice....Especially impressive about THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY is its success in reaching for big settings...and big historical relevance without strain."
(09/21/2000)
"Although suffused with tragedy, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY proves to be a comic epic, generously optimistic about the human struggle for personal liberation....[T]he depth of Chabon's thought, his sharp language, his inventiveness and his ambition make this a novel of towering achievement."
(09/24/2000)
"When reality is painful, Chabon seems to suggest, escapism is not self-deluding; it is self-preserving....[The] novel is so accomplished, handling with humour and a light touch a multiplicity of emotion and experience, that it becomes in itself a perfect illustration of his theme. THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY is proof of the abiding power of complex, serious, engaged, but above all entertaining story-telling."
(10/06/2000)


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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and it was written by Michael Chabon. This edition of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is August 2001 and it has a suggested retail price of $16. There are 639 pages in the book and it was published by Picador USA. The 10 digit ISBN is 0312282990 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780312282998. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.