 the amazing adventures of kavalier & clay is a 2000 novel by american author michael chabon that won the pulitzer prize for fiction in 2001. the novel follows the lives of two jewish cousins before, during, and after world war ii. they are a czech artist named joe kavalier and a brooklyn-born writer named sam clay. in the novel, kavalier and clay become major figures in the comics industry from its nascency into its "golden age." kavalier & clay was published to "nearly unanimous praise" and became a new york times best seller,"chabon, michael: introduction". contemporary literary criticism. ed. jeffrey w. hunter. vol. 149. thomson gale, 2002. enotes.com. 2006. retrieved on 2007-07-27. receiving nominations for the 2000 national book critics circle award and pen/faulkner award for fiction. in 2006, bret easton ellis declared the novel "one of the three great books of my generation",birnbaum, robert. "bret easton ellis", the morning news, 2006-01-19. retrieved on 2008-10-28. and in 2007, the new york review of books called the novel chabon's magnum opus.leonard, john. âmeshuga alaskaâ, the new york review of books, 2007-06-14. retrieved on 2007-07-27. 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 2004, a coda 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. from 2004 to 2006, dark horse comics published two series of [[
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