The amazing adventures of Kavalier & Clay a novel
In 1939 New York City, Joe Kavalier, a refugee from Hitler's Prague, joins forces with his Brooklyn-born cousin, Sammy Clay, to create comic-book superheroes inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams.
| Main Author: | Chabon, Michael. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Picador USA,
2001, c2000.
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| Edition: | 1st Picador USA ed. |
| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
In 1939 New York City, Joe Kavalier, a refugee from Hitler's Prague, joins forces with his Brooklyn-born cousin, Sammy Clay, to create comic-book superheroes inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally published: New York : Random House, c2000. |
| Physical Description: |
639 p. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0312282990 : PAP 9780812983586 (pbk. |
| Author Notes: |
Chabon found success at the age of 24, when William Morrow publishing house offered him $155,000, a near-record sum, for the rights to his first novel The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, which was his thesis in graduate school. After The Mysteries of Pittsburgh became a national bestseller, he began writing a series of short stories about a little boy dealing with his parents' divorce. The stories, which in part appeared in The New Yorker and G.Q., were bound together in 1991 into a volume titled A Model World and Other Stories. His other works include Wonder Boys, The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man, Telegraph Avenue, and Pop: Fatherhood in Pieces. In 2001 he won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. He and Ayelet Waldman are co-editors of, Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation.. (Bowker Author Biography) |