The amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay : a novel / Michael Chabon.
Material type:
TextPublication details: New York : Picador, c2000.Description: 648 p. ; 21 cmISBN: - 0312282990 (pbk.)
- 9780312282998 (pbk.)
- Amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay
- Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
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Main Library | Fiction | Chabon, Michael | Available | 33111005600362 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This brilliant epic novel set in New York and Prague introduces us to two misfit young men who make it big by creating comic-book superheroes. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just smuggled himself out of Nazi-invaded Prague and landed in New York City. His Brooklyn cousin Sammy Clay is looking for a partner to create heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit America the comic book. Inspired by their own fears and dreams, Kavalier and Clay create the Escapists , The Monitor , and Luna Moth , inspired by the beautiful Rosa Saks, who will become linked by powerful ties to both men. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is the winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
"First published in the United States by Random House"--T.p. verso.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize