02287nam a22003257i 4500 20261016202611.0 261016s2000 xx ||||| |||||||| 1|eng d 9780312282998 0312282990 (KOHALIB)isbn-9780312282998 KOHALIB eng rda KOHALIB Chabon, Michael. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay / Michael Chabon. [Place of publication not identified] : Picador USA, 2000. 639 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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 get into the comic-book business. Under the name "Sam Clay", Sammy starts writing adventure stories with Joe illustrating them, and the two recruit several other Brooklyn teenagers to produce Amazing Midget Radio Comics (named to promote one of the company's novelty items). The pair is at once passionate about their creation, optimistic about making money, and always nervous about the opinion of their employers. Inventory: Single copy, entry 271; recorded quantity 1; damaged N/A American Humorous Stories Arte De Escribir Artists Artists in Fiction Authorship Bildungsromans Cartoonists Checo-Americanos BOOK 266 266 0 0 0 0 FIC MAIN MAIN 2026-10-16 0 FIC CHA LIB01695 2026-10-16 20:26:11 2026-10-16 BOOK