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020			_a9780312282998
020			_a0312282990
035			_a(KOHALIB)isbn-9780312282998
040			_aKOHALIB _beng _erda _cKOHALIB
100	1		_aChabon, Michael.
245	1	4	_aThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay / _cMichael Chabon.
264		1	_a[Place of publication not identified] : _bPicador USA, _c2000.
300			_a639 pages
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_aThe 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.
590			_aInventory: Single copy, entry 271; recorded quantity 1; damaged N/A
650		4	_aAmerican Humorous Stories
650		4	_aArte De Escribir
650		4	_aArtists
650		4	_aArtists in Fiction
650		4	_aAuthorship
650		4	_aBildungsromans
650		4	_aCartoonists
650		4	_aCheco-Americanos
942			_cBOOK
999			_c266 _d266