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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: 1494
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:
 HOW DO YOU REVIEW A MASTERPIECE? January 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Stepping Off the Edge: Learning Living Spiritual Practicebr /I found this book deeply satisfying. Some of Michael Chabon's writing is brilliant, but a little too into the clever metaphor or dazzling use of language. Okay, as an author, I'd kill for that verbal ability, but in some cases, it fails to touch my heart the way I want a great book to move me. This one satisfies on all levels: Brilliant technique, unbelievable imagination, a plot that nobody else could come up with. And lovely, moving characters. A great read, a great book. I recommend it highly.
Kavalier and Clay December 18, 2007
An excellent book by an excellent author. It has depth, detail and one is constantly led forward as the characters and the plot develops. Outstanding.
A worthy candidate for "Great American Novel" December 18, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not an avid reader of comic books, but this novel is simply wonderful. Spanning more than two decades around WWII, this book traces the friendship/partnership of two Jewish cousins in NYC as they launch their famous comic book character The Escapist. The story goes from Prague to Brooklyn to Antarctica, weaving together the lives of the two cousins Sammy Clay and Joe Kavalier, and their friend/muse Rosa Saks (Luna Moth). Chabon's writing is brilliant: the way he develops his characters and unfolds their stories (not always in chronological order -- he saves some surprises for his readers) is a pleasure to read. When thinking of candidates for the title of "Great American Novel," this one falls right up there with To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
How can you eat one more thing? November 28, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I someone give a book a rave review, I'm usually skeptical. It's pretty rare that I find someone whose opinion so closely mirrors my own that I can take what they say without a grain of salt.br /br /So I had my skeptic's hat on when I began reading Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier Clay, my first book by this now well-known author. I scratch my head now at my own naivete.br /br /It is near impossible to cite the many qualities that make this novel a feast, but surely they must include: a character who is an escape artist, lock-picker magician, Nazi's in Prague, the Golem, comic books, wacky New York literati, torrid love affairs, mid-20th Century gay angst, Antartica, and redemption.br /br /Is that enough? There's more but I can't possibly add to this list without confusing you, dear reader, even more than you must be. A quick plot synopsis: Josef Kavalier, a Czech Jew from a respected Prague family, manages to escape Nazi occupation immediately before WWII and comes to America. Moving in with his aunt and a similarly-aged first cousin, "Joe" struggles with being American, raising money to get his family out of Europe, his art as a comic book illustrator, love, tragedy and a long climb out of the abyss.br /br /Chabon's writing style is dense, complex and wonderful to read. I was amazed that some of his sentences went on nearly a half page, but I was not lost by the time I reached the period. He doesn't use his mastery at writing to confound or impress, but to tell a story that is as complex and multi-layered as his use of language.br /br /There are some plot areas that seem throw-away, for instance, the Golem of Prague, and at times I wondered if Chabon wasn't trying to make the story more complex than it ought to be. Thinking back now, I wonder if Chabon didn't practice what one of the sub-thematic characters (Harry Houdini) would have called misdirection. We were waiting for something to happen in one part of the plot while something else was developing and taking over the story.br /br /At the end of the novel, I closed the book and said fervently, to myself of course, "Damn, that was good."br /br /I often read books more than once, particularly if I'm certain I've missed nuances that the first or second reading didn't impart. I'm quite certain this book will be back on my nightstand again.
What can I add of value beside my vote? November 17, 2007
A brilliant novel that overreaches and succeeds. Ambitious, rich, and HUGE in all the important and good ways.br /br /A must read!
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