The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier ..., Michael Chabon
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier ..., Michael Chabon
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Author: Michael Chabon

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 26 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/12/2012

Synopsis

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEThe beloved, award-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a Michael Chabon masterwork, is the American epic of two boy geniuses named Joe Kavalier and Sammy Clay. Now with special bonus material by Michael Chabon.A “towering, swash-buckling thrill of a book” (Newsweek), hailed as Chabon’s “magnum opus” (The New York Review of Books), The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a triumph of originality, imagination, and storytelling, an exuberant, irresistible novel that begins in New York City in 1939. A 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. Spanning continents and eras, this superb book by one of America’s finest writers remains one of the defining novels of our modern American age.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFinalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and Los Angeles Times Book PrizeWinner of the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award and the New York Society Library Book AwardNamed one of the 10 Best Books of the Decade by Entertainment Weekly

About Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon is the author of Wonder Boys, which won universal critical acclaim and was made into a feature film starring Michael Douglas. Entertainment Weekly included his latest, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, on its list of the best books of 2000. Both are available from Brilliance Audio. He received his B.A. from The University of Pittsburgh and his M.F.A. from the University of California at Irvine. He lives with his wife and two children in California.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by ELR on 2007-04-26 20:51:59

A wonderfully written and moving story, even if you don't care for comics or their history. Enchanting read.

AudiobooksNow review by Suzanne on 2008-05-02 06:31:30

I read this when it came out, then reread it for a book discussion and couldnt put it down either time. It is so mood evoking that you can almost hear the klesmer music. I cant imagine anyone not liking this book, the story is good and the writing is enchanting. If you like history, especially of the middle of the century,you will eat this with a spoon. Ostensibly this is about the history of comics, but dont let this deter you , it is so much more, running the gamut of manic comedy, to abject tragedy, and characters that you will really love.

Goodreads review by Paul on November 28, 2010

In the street “Hey!” “Huh? me?” “Yeah – you. You wouldn’t know great American literature if a pigeon pooed it all over your anorak.” Wow – that was surreal… who the hell were those guys? At the office “The boss wants to see you.” Oh my… that’s Mrs Higgins sitting there with Mr Duthie – she’s from the HR d......more

Goodreads review by Violet on September 02, 2016

My favourite adventure with a novel so far this year. I loved it to bits. In many ways attempting to review this novel is like thinking back through an illusionist or an escape artist’s performance of his trick and trying to work out exactly how he did it. You’re left a little baffled by the nature......more

Goodreads review by Fabian on April 22, 2020

Only one abnormally enormous ego could've mustered out something so monumental, so very beautiful & elegant as this sparkly-as-chrome novel. It's basically flawless--very concerned with having all sentences that make it up into wondrous, unique gems. Every sentence is constructed with care & CRAFT. T......more

Goodreads review by jessica on May 01, 2024

this book was given to me as a gift by a good friend, with a note saying it was one of his favourites. not only was i fortunate to read such a wonderful story, but i feel so much closer to my friend. by experiencing what he enjoys to read, i have come to understand him so much more. and now, wheneve......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on July 07, 2012

I’m a fan of Michael Chabon even though he carries a man purse. Joe Kavalier is a young artist who had also trained to be a magician and escape artist in Prague. When the Nazis invade in 1939, Joe is able to escape to America with the plan that he’ll find a way to get the rest of his family out. In N......more

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