The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Book

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by: Michael Chabon

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Average Rating: Rating: - A Home Run! I hate to disagree with my fellow reviewers, but this book starts strong and ends stronger. A very moving intricate novel that weaves themes from the Holocaust, McCarthyism, homosexuality, and post-war America. A very emotionally moving book that I could not put down. As an avid reader, this is one of the best and certainly better than anything else M. Chabon has written to date. Rating: - Beautiful Michael Chabon is America's most gifted storyteller. Throughout his career, from his debut novel (The Mysteries of Pittsburgh) to his newest work (Summerland) he has showcased his incredible abililty to create realistically flawed characters and fascinatingly well-conceived stories. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is a detailed novelization of the history of the birth of comic books in 1930s America. Told from the perspective of two aspiring artists (Kavalier and Clay), the book magically portrays both the Jewish experience leading up to WWII and the development of an industry that would grow to involve billions of dollars and shape generations of young readers. With his detailed research and cleverly created characters, Chabon has, indeed, written a masterpiece. Incorporating the real-life figures of comic-book legends Stan Lee and Will Eisner (among others), the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay acts as a love letter to an artform that Chabon clearly loves very much. And to have thi sstory take place in an era of such turmoil only adds volume to the overarching themes of love, war and self-discovery. For lovers of comics, literature or just plain old good storytelling, Chabon has hit another homerun. Rating: - Chabon Draws A Brilliant & Moving Book With Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon will finally get all the attention he so richly deserves. The book is a feast for the imagination, and spectacularly written.A young Jewish man, Joe Kavalier, uses his fascination and dedication to the art of magic as a means to escape from German occupied Prague.He arrives in New York City, and with his cousin Sam Clay invents The Escapist; a comic book super hero who fights villians heavily based on Hitler. This is America in the forties, when Superman had just become a hit, and young boys everywhere were eagerly waiting for the next issue to see what would happen to their caped crusader. What follows is their rise in the comic book industry, as well as battles with their own personal chains that lead them to their ultimate destinies. Chabon's canvas merges fact with fiction, and the characters interact with Salvador Dali, Uta Hagen, Stan Lee, Orsen Wells, and the great Harry Houdini among others. That only makes his characters so much more real as you read it, it's easy to forget it's fiction. If you're looking for the type of book that creates a detailed world with artistry in the writing, and a moving collection of characters, this is the one.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Book

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