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| The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier Clay | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Chabon
Publisher: Picador
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
Buy New: $3.98
You Save: $11.02 (73%)
Buy New/Used/Collectible from $3.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  (598 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1468
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 656
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 0312282990
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312282998
ASIN: 0312282990
Publication Date: August 25, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 escapism July 16, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book robbed me of three nights worth of sleep, but it was worth it. The depth of research by Chabon allows the reader to enter past times and places effortlessly, and to watch as the characters live and grow among a dizzying set of circumstances.
Makes me want to read my old comics June 29, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I used to read a couple of comic books as a kid, mainly Spiderman. Reading this book makes me wish that comic books had been as popular as they were back during WWII. I enjoyed the easy read and action packed stories but felt like I was unable to share them with anyone. With computers and TV becoming more and more demanding of today's children, comic books and books in general don't seem to show up around houses like they used to. Sorry to get off subject, this book is about more than just comic books; it is about discovering one's true identity. Both Sammy and Joe get caught up in hate and regret. It is only when they allow themselves to pursue their own personal wants that they actually start enjoying life again.
Engrossing novel June 20, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I enjoyed reading this Pulitzer Prize winning novel. The characters are tenderly drawn and attractive, and the plot is exciting. I did, however, grow impatient with Kavalier's awkwardness and fear of returning to his lover. But the novel has memorable, emotion-filled scenes and I loved the ending.
 Ok June 18, 2007
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
Its an Ok novel. Really. Could probably be 250 pgs shorter and be just as Ok.
Amazing Indeed May 25, 2007
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
Michael Chabon's spectacular, Pulitzer Prize winning, "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier Clay" is unlike anything else you'll find on the bookshelves of your local bookstore (or Amazon, of course). It is a quirky, unique story with an enormously talented writer whose keen eye for description and characterization make what could have been a tired plot (the rise, fall, and possible reunion of a partnership between a pair of cousins who collaborate to build a comic book empire) dazzlingly fresh and new instead. The hallmark of a great writer is that they can make the old seem new again, and Chabon is truly gifted in this regard.br /br /The titular duo whose amazing adventures the narrative chronicles are Josef Kavalier, a former magician's apprentice who escaped Europe and the Nazis to come to the U.S. but is haunted by the family he left behind, and Sammy Clay (nee Klayman), whose talent and fierce ambition set him and his cousin on a path to success in the then new field of comic books, but whose tortured sexuality keeps him from satisfaction as he must continue to live a lie. Together they create the Escapist, a masked superhero whose story embodies all of their hopes, fears and insecurities. Sammy subconsciously relates to the Escapist's dual identity and secret life - carefully hidden behind a public persona - while Joe uses the Escapist's fictional missions to Europe to fight the Nazis that are holding his family captive (the first half of the novel takes place before Pearl Harbor spurred U.S, involvement in the war, so Joe waged war on the Nazis in the pages of his comic in the hope that it would inspire the U.S. to get involved sooner). While these "Amazing Adventures" truly shine in the novel's first half, the fact that the last half is hampered by melodramatic twists (such as Joe's Antarctic revenge scenario, a leap from the Empire State Building, etc.) is imminently forgivable because of Chabon's tight control of the plot and how it impacts his characters.br /br /Ostensibly, "Amazing Adventures" is about the friendship between Joe, Sammy, and Joe's girlfriend Rosa as they make comic book history, but there is so much more. We also get themes regarding family, love, and loss that are rendered all the more poignant thanks to the novel's WWII-era setting, and the fact that Joe and Sammy garner inspiration from their own personal hopes and disappointments says a great deal about the power of fiction and where it comes from. Chabon is a fiercely talented and thorough writer (the amount of research that must have gone in to his sumptuous period details is staggering), and reading this novel is pure, unadulterated bliss.br /Grade: A
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