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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (2005, Abridged, MP3 CD) 
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (2005, Abridged, MP3 CD)

 
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (2005, Abridged, MP3 CD)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio Lib Edn
Publication Date: 2005-01-31
Language: English
Format: Audio
ISBN-10: 1597371602
ISBN-13: 9781597371605
Product ID: EPID44475556
Description: During the rise of Nazism, Joe Kavalier escapes from Prague and immigrates to America, where he hopes to make enough money to bring the rest of his family with him. He teams up with Sammy Clay, his Brooklyn cousin, to create comic book c...
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Synopsis
During the rise of Nazism, Joe Kavalier escapes from Prague and immigrates to America, where he hopes to make enough money to bring the rest of his family with him. He teams up with Sammy Clay, his Brooklyn cousin, to create comic book characters who act out the dreams of their creators--who, meanwhile, both become involved with the same woman, the devastating Rosa Saks. Chabon's critically acclaimed novel provides not only a window into the immigrant experience but also a hymn of praise to the golden age of the comics. THE AMAZING ADVENTURES was a New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000.

Details
Publication Date:2005-01-31
Narrated by:David Colacci
Edition Description:Abridged

Size
Height:7.5 in
Width:5.3 in
Thickness:0.5 in
Weight:4.0 oz

Industry Reviews
"When reality is painful, Chabon seems to suggest, escapism is not self-deluding; it is self-preserving....[The] novel is so accomplished, handling with humour and a light touch a multiplicity of emotion and experience, that it becomes in itself a perfect illustration of his theme. THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY is proof of the abiding power of complex, serious, engaged, but above all entertaining story-telling."
Horspool

"Although suffused with tragedy, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY proves to be a comic epic, generously optimistic about the human struggle for personal liberation....[T]he depth of Chabon's thought, his sharp language, his inventiveness and his ambition make this a novel of towering achievement."
Kalfus

"In a cameo-studded book...that echoes RAGTIME, just as it sometimes suggests John Irving in fanciful mode, Mr. Chabon tells a bustling, convoluted story in an eloquent, exceptionally precise voice....Especially impressive about THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY is its success in reaching for big settings...and big historical relevance without strain."
New York Times - Janet Maslin (09/21/2000)

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