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The story of two unique individuals and a uniquely American art form - [23 Dec 2008]
Joe Kavalier, a Jewish refugee, and his cousin Sam Klayman, a New York teen angling to make a buck, get into the comic book business by creating the Escapist, a superhero whose popularity eventually rivals Superman's. This early triumph starts them on...
a buck, get into the comic book business by creating the Escapist, a superhero whose popularity...
www.amazon.com/review/R3A59YB92...
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Fun (Historical) Adventure! - [22 Dec 2008]
Wow, it was a great read. This was a hard one to put down for any length of time. Around every corner a wonderful (and historically correct) adventure. Fascinating read!
corner a wonderful (and historically correct) adventure. Fascinating read!
www.amazon.com/review/R3B77NNOM...
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Chabon vents his issues - [31 Oct 2008]
Reading this book is sort of analogous to having a days-long therapy session; this is something I see as both a strength and a weakness. I don't think many people would deny Chabon's strength as a storyteller, but, like Quentin Tarantino's movies, his...
I see as both a strength and a weakness. I don't think many people would deny Chabon'...
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Great Fiction - [16 Oct 2008]
Fabulous example of what fictions does best. Reading this intelligent, highly creative novel will introduce you to a cast of characters you would never have the pleasure of meeting in "real" life and take you to times and places you couldn't otherwise...
will introduce you to a cast of characters you would never have the pleasure of meeting ...
www.amazon.com/review/R1M4EOK92...
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The Most Super of All Powers - [18 Sep 2008]
A beautiful book about Sammy and Joe, two cousins who end up writing and drawing comic books together, the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is a staggering tale of dedication, commitment, human frailty, perseverance, loyalty, and the many faces...
together, the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is a staggering tale of dedication...
www.amazon.com/review/R1IMHX8I3...
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Irritating Zig-Zags - [16 Sep 2008]
I like the writing in this book. I like the characters in it. It took me to a different time and place. The characters are rich and complex. I cannot, however, recommend this book. It has many sub-stories within its main storyline. Many of them are never...
and place. The characters are rich and complex. I cannot, however, recommend this book. ...
www.amazon.com/review/RZIWT9GPNAEPW...
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Comic history in the making - [22 Jul 2008]
Kavalier and Clay are Jewish cousins, Clay (morphed from Klayman) a short New Yorker crippled by polio, Kavalier a tall brooding escapee from Europe just before Hitler locked the gates and opened the extermination lines. The day after Kavalier's surprising...
by polio, Kavalier a tall brooding escapee from Europe just before Hitler locked the gates...
www.amazon.com/review/R22OX3OMZYCHXY...
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Masterful - [17 Jul 2008]
I listened to the abridged version of this, which made me miss some of the exposition that Chabon loves to engage in. Kavalier and Clay's lives and the juxtaposition of New York as a city in those lives was very well done. NYC was almost like a third ...
Chabon loves to engage in. Kavalier and Clay's lives and the juxtaposition of New York as ...
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The novel reads like a film - [14 Jul 2008]
This is an amazing book. There are so many novels being published today that are written so simplistically they are more screenplays than literature. What is special about Kavalier and Klay is the depth and beauty of the visuals. About the golden age ...
simplistically they are more screenplays than literature. What is special about Kavalier ...
www.amazon.com/review/R3ALP48PNVPXM...
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Well-written, but I see what many are saying . . . - [07 Jul 2008]
First off, this novel never gets boring, which is quite an achievement for something so long. Chabon does an impressive job of telling the tale of two cousins with different backgrounds. Yet while the story and delivery are first-rate, there isn't exactly...
Chabon does an impressive job of telling the tale of two cousins with different backgrounds...
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