description: It's 1939, in New York City. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat - smuggling himself out of Hitler's Prague. He's 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 partner in creating the heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit the American dreamscape: the comic book.Inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams, Kavalier and Clay create the Escapist, the Monitor, and the otherworldy Mistress of the Night, Luna Moth, inspired by the beautiful Rosa Saks, who will become linked by powerful ties to both men. The golden age of comic books has begun, even as the shadow of Hitler falls across Europe.The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &amp; Clay is a stunning novel of endless comic invention and unforgettable characters, written in the exhilarating prose that has led critics to compare Michael Chabon to Cheever and Nabokov. In Joe Kavalier, Chabon, writing "like a magical spider, effortlessly spinning out elaborate webs of words that ensnare the reader" (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times), has created a hero for the century.
language: English
title: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
titlecomplete: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
characters: Sam Clay, Rosa Saks, Joe Kavalier
genres: Fiction, Historical, Jewish, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, New York, Historical Fiction, Comics, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 200090
places: New York (State), The United States of America, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, New York City, New York, Czechoslovakia, Prague (Praha), Brooklyn, New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Gaylactic Spectrum Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Gold), awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: New York City Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Brilliance Audio