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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.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."Michael Chabon's third novel celebrates the golden age of the adventure comic book, the ‘great, mad new American art form,' which spanned the years between the late 1930's and the early 50's ... The cousins' adventures are leavened by buoyant good humour, wisecracks and shtick, but the story never loses its awareness of the tragedy that roils beneath the surface of our everyday lives and the lives
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Michael Chabon
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing House
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812983586
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.17 / 5 (1,364 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14