And it was one of those listening experiences when you realize that a book is even better than you already thought it was. But when the unabridged recording came out I knew I had to grab it, and give it a listen. I read it when it first came out, and enjoyed it. It's been several weeks since I finished listening to Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay,' and I'm starting to think it's one of the best books I've ever read/heard. Anyway, Kavalier & Clay is a world I don't ever want to escape from.Įscape From Reality is a Worthy ChallengeĪt Last! Because You Demanded It! An Unabridged Recording! Ahem. Chabon expertly captured the colors, smells, and magic of New York. A fantastic novel to view the 20th century through. Even in comic books, good doesn't always win over evil, but it seems like with Chabon love still conquers all. Chabon's characters are boyantly alive, cinemagraphiclly painted, and infused a with dialogue that seems to require a high level of stereophonics (all enhanced by Colacci's amazing reading). Listening to AAoK&C, I was reminded of Saul Bellow's ability to dance with language while also keeping the novel briskly centered on its well-paced story. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is at once playful and soulful. His dexterity with the English language borders on magical.

Occassionally, I imagine I can grow up one day and become a writer, then I read Chabon and I recognize just how HIGH that hill can be. Let's just get this out in the open - Michael Chabon is an amazing prose stylist. In Joe Kavalier, Chabon has created a hero for the century.Ī World I DON'T Ever Want to Escape From. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a stunning novel of endless comic invention and unforgettable characters, written in the exhilarating prose that has led critics to compare Michael Chabon to Cheever and Nabokov. The golden age of comic books has begun, even as the shadow of Hitler falls across Europe. Inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams, Kavalier and Clay create the Escapist, the Monitor, and the otherworldly Mistress of the Night, Luna Moth, inspired by the beautiful Rosa Saks, who will become linked by powerful ties to both men.

His cousin, Brooklyn's own Sammy Clay, is looking for a partner in creating the heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit the American dreamscape: the comic book. He's looking to make big money, fast, so that he can bring his family to freedom. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat: smuggling himself out of Hitler's Prague.

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