The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

100 Satisfaction Be the first to write a review. One is the artist Josef Kavalier who is a Czech refugee, and the other Sam Clay, a writer born in Brooklyn. The main characters are two Jewish cousins living in New York City, seeking success in the emerging comic book industry. From 2004 to 2006, Dark Horse Comics published two series of Escapist comic books based on the superhero stories described in the novel, some of which were written by Chabon. the amazing adventures of kavalier & clay by michael by michael chabon Quick Free Delivery in 2-14 days. The story unfolds in the period leading up to World War II and continues through the war years and beyond. In 2004, a semi-epilogue to the novel was published separately under the title 'A Postscript', in Zap! Pow! Bam! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950. The novel's publication was followed by several companion projects, including two short stories published by Chabon that consist of material apparently written for the novel but not included: 'The Return of the Amazing Cavalieri' in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern (2001), and 'Breakfast in the Wreck' in The Virginia Quarterly Review (2004). In 2006, Bret Easton Ellis declared the novel 'one of the three great books of my generation', and in 2007, The New York Review of Books called the novel Chabon's magnum opus. Kavalier and Clay become major figures in the nascent comics industry during its 'Golden Age.' Kavalier & Clay was published to 'nearly unanimous praise' and became a New York Times Best Seller, receiving nominations for the 2000 National Book Critics Circle Award and PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. 11,684 reviews Joe Kavalier, a young Jewish artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdini-esque escape, has just smuggled himself out of Nazi-invaded Prague and landed in New York City.The novel follows the lives of the title characters, a Czech artist named Joe Kavalier and a Brooklyn-born writer named Sam Clay-both Jewish-before, during, and after World War II. Books by Michael Chabon (Author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay) Books by Michael Chabon Michael Chabon Average rating 3. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 4.18 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a 2000 novel by American author Michael Chabon that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001.