Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The

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English language

Published Jan. 3, 2005 by Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD.

ISBN:
978-1-59737-159-9
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OCLC Number:
144558117

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The novel begins in 1939 with the arrival of 19-year-old Josef "Joe" Kavalier as a refugee in New York City, where he comes to live with his 17-year-old cousin Sammy Klayman. Joe escaped from Prague with the help of his teacher Kornblum by hiding in a coffin along with the inanimate Golem of Prague, leaving the rest of his family, including his younger brother Thomas, behind. Besides having a shared interest in drawing, Sammy and Joe share several connections to Jewish stage magician Harry Houdini: Joe (like comics legend Jim Steranko) studied magic and escapology in Prague, which aided him in his departure from Europe, and Sammy is the son of the Mighty Molecule, a strongman on the vaudeville circuit.

When Sammy discovers Joe's artistic talent, Sammy gets Joe a job as an illustrator for a novelty products company, which, due to the recent success of Superman, is attempting to …

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  • Popular American Fiction
  • Abridged Audio - Fiction/General
  • Fiction
  • Historical - General
  • Fiction / General
  • Literary