The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Interesting Facts

• The book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001.
• The main characters, Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay, create a popular superhero called «The Escapist», who becomes a symbol of the fight against the Nazis.
• The story spans from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s and touches on themes such as World War II, the Holocaust, homosexuality, and American pop culture.
• Michael Chabon used real historical events and figures, such as Harry Houdini and Sigmund Freud, to lend authenticity to the book.
• The book explores themes of Jewish identity and immigration, as Joe Kavalier escapes Nazi-occupied Prague and finds refuge in New York City.