Good Scribes Only #61 🦸 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay by Michael Chabon (2000)
Joe Kavalier, a young Jewish artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdini-esque escape, has just smuggled himself out of Nazi-invaded Prague and landed in New York City. His Brooklyn cousin Sammy Clay is looking for a partner to create heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit America - the comic book. Drawing on their own fears and dreams, Kavalier and Clay create the Escapist, the Monitor, and Luna Moth, inspired by the beautiful Rosa Saks, who will become linked by powerful ties to both men. With exhilarating style and grace, Michael Chabon tells an unforgettable story about American romance and possibility.
Michael Chabon (b. 1963) is an acclaimed and bestselling author whose works include the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000). Chabon achieved literary fame at age twenty-four with his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988), which was a major critical and commercial success. He then published Wonder Boys (1995), another bestseller, which was made into a film starring Michael Douglas. One of America’s most distinctive voices, Chabon has been called “a magical prose stylist” by the New York Times Book Review, and is known for his lively writing, nostalgia for bygone modes of storytelling, and deep empathy for the human predicament.
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Episode Notes
0-5 min — Intro and plot brief
5-10 min — Casting Actors
10-20 min — Full plot summary
20-25 min — Literary vs Genre Fiction
25-30 min — Beauty, Art, and Post Modernism
30-40 min — Plot continued
40-45 min — The Golem of Prague
45-50 min — Women in the story
45-50 min — Lone flaw of the book
50-60 min — Conclusion
55-60 min — Ratings and Final thoughts