The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Subtitle: a novel
By: Michael Chabon.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 639
Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc. -- Authorship -- Fiction; Heroes in mass media -- Fiction; Czech Americans -- Fiction; Young men -- Fiction; Artists -- Fiction; Humorous stories; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: "It is New York City in 1939. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque 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."--BOOK JACKET.