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| The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier Clay | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Chabon
Publisher: Picador
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
Buy New: $2.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (596 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1194
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:
 Lacks depth March 20, 2008
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
The characters, plot, and themes lack any sort of interesting, analytical depth that makes a book worth reading. Chabon is consistently infatuated with the extreme breadth of his vocabulary, which is quite impressive but is not enough to carry a book or make a book "great." While reading this gigantic paperweight of a novel, I also read a book by Graham Greene and a handful of short stories by Flannery O'Conner just so that I wouldn't forget WHY I enjoy reading. I slogged through to the end and found that I had held out hope only to be left still wanting something else.
 One of my favorite works of fiction February 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of those rare but wonderful books that immediately pull you into the writer's world where you just want to stay forever. There is a sense of being in a contemporary Mark Twain novel, really. In addition to having well-developed characters with complex lives, we learn so darned much about everything. I learned something about the history of the comic book and about the way comics used to be produced. I learned more about a myth I knew only a little - the golem. I learned about world fairs and WWII. I was sad when the book came to an end because I then had to leave this world. Frankly, it was quite a spell before I could get into another book. I recommend the book often and loudly.
Chabon's epic romp through the Golden Age of Comics February 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having just completed my reading of Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier Clay, I am profoundly impressed with how stunningly excellent this novel is. I was floored in just about every way. To say that this novel had the same effect on me as Infinite Jest or House of Leaves would not be true but that said, it also does not diminish how expertly written, how masterfully crafted this fine piece of literary genius is. I feel ashamed that I had not heard of it until quite recently.br /br /Chabon's epic romp through the Golden Age of Comics is a true stand-out that I'm not certain how to characterize other than (please pardon the oblique pun) marvelous. The prose is alive with brilliant imagery and metaphor, following his two protagonists though two decades of youthful intrigue and into middle-aged rebirths. I was captivated by how the prose evolves along with the characters as well, watching its sophistication increase and mutate as they matured within the novel.br /br /There are too many stand-out moments to attempt to capture them all here. I will say this, however: the story brings so much to the table and (like any good novel) it forces you to confront and question your beliefs and values.br /br /Highly recommended.
A grand novel... January 28, 2008
This novel is a great-hearted, swashbuckling, surprisingly deep and funny masterpiece. It also interjects the history and the setting of early 20th century New York, with a strong connection to the fate of the Jews in Europe and World War II. With a touch of magic realism blurring comic book fantasy and fiction, the interjection of real people into the story, and a deep exploration of the main characters of the novel, it is simply a grand adventure of a novel. Highly recommended.
 Entertaining is not enough January 26, 2008
There's no denying Chabon's brilliant writing skills. Kept me turning the pages even when I didn't want to go on. And, having grown up as a comic book collector, I was supposed to be the perfect audience for Chabon's epic work on comics, Jews, the edges of the Holocaust and WWI, and America of the 20th century. But it just didn't work. Too much drama and entertainment, and not enough meaning. I guess that's no surprise: comics are always entertainment but never quite literature even at their best. My advice: read The Yiddish Policemen's Union and stop at that.
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