{"product_id":"the-amazing-adventures-of-kavalier-clay-hardcover","title":"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier \u0026 Clay - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Chabon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE - \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - The epic, beloved novel of two boy geniuses dreaming up superheroes in New York's Golden Age of comics--soon to be a Showtime limited series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It's absolutely gosh-wow, super-colossal--smart, funny, and a continual pleasure to read.\"\u003ci\u003e--The Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the 10 Best Books of the Decade by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e - Finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \"towering, swash-buckling thrill of a book\" (\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e), hailed as Chabon's \"magnum opus\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier \u0026amp; Clay\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph of originality, imagination, and storytelling, an exuberant, irresistible novel that begins in New York City in 1939. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young escape artist and budding magician named Joe Kavalier arrives on the doorstep of his cousin, Sammy Clay. While the long shadow of Hitler falls across Europe, America is happily in thrall to the Golden Age of comic books, and in a distant corner of Brooklyn, Sammy is looking for a way to cash in on the craze. He finds the ideal partner in the aloof, artistically gifted Joe, and together they embark on an adventure that takes them deep into the heart of Manhattan, and the heart of old-fashioned American ambition. From the shared fears, dreams, and desires of two teenage boys, they spin comic book tales of the heroic, fascist-fighting Escapist and the beautiful, mysterious Luna Moth, otherworldly mistress of the night. Climbing from the streets of Brooklyn to the top of the Empire State Building, Joe and Sammy carve out lives, and careers, as vivid as cyan and magenta ink. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning continents and eras, this superb book by one of America's finest writers remains one of the defining novels of our modern American age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award and the New York Society Library Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this brilliant novel, the bestselling author of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Wonder Boys gives us an exhilarating triumph of language and invention, a stunning novel in which the tragicomic adventures of a couple of boy geniuses reveal much about what happened to America in the middle of the twentieth century. Like Phillip Roth's American Pastoral or Don DeLillo's Underworld, Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier \u0026amp; Clay is a superb novel with epic sweep, spanning continents and eras, a masterwork by one of America's finest writers.\u003cbr\u003e It is New York City in 1939. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdini-esque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat to date: smuggling himself out of Nazi-occupied Prague. He is looking to make big money, fast, so that he can bring his family to freedom. His cousin, Brooklyn's own Sammy Clay, is looking for a collaborator to create the heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit the American dreamscape: the comic book. Out of their fantasies, fears, and dreams, Joe and Sammy weave the legend of that unforgettable champion the Escapist. And inspired by the beautiful and elusive Rosa Saks, a woman who will be linked to both men by powerful ties of desire, love, and shame, they create the otherworldly mistress of the night, Luna Moth. As the shadow of Hitler falls across Europe and the world, the Golden Age of comic books has begun. \u003cbr\u003e The brilliant writing that has led critics to compare Michael Chabon to John Cheever and Vladimir Nabokov is everywhere apparent in The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier \u0026amp; Clay. Chabon writes \"like a magical spider, effortlessly spinning out elaboratewebs of words that ensnare the reader,\" wrote Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times about Wonder Boys--and here he has created, in Joe Kavalier, a hero for the century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Chabon\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier \u0026amp; Clay, Summerland\u003c\/i\u003e (a novel for children), \u003ci\u003eThe Final Solution, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGentlemen of the Road, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the short story collections \u003ci\u003eA Model World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWerewolves in Their Youth\u003c\/i\u003e and the essay collections \u003ci\u003eMaps and Legends\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eManhood for Amateurs\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the chairman of the board of the MacDowell Colony. He lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, the novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.39 x 9.64 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award (2000)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pulitzer Prize (2001)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e PEN\/Faulkner Award (2001)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Amazing Adventures of Kavalier \u0026amp; Clay: A Novel\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 38\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52061592486189,"sku":"9780679450047","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-amazing-adventures-of-kavalier-clay-hardcover-2088404.webp?v=1780168025","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-amazing-adventures-of-kavalier-clay-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}