The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon

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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a 2000 novel by American author Michael Chabon. A historical fiction novel, it follows the lives of two Jewish cousins, Josef "Joe" Kavalier, a Czech artist and magician who escapes Nazi-occupied Prague, and Sammy Clay, a Brooklyn-born writer. Together, they create The Escapist, a fictional superhero inspired by Joe’s desire to fight fascism and his struggle to rescue his family from Europe. Their rise in the comic book industry parallels the Golden Age of American comics, exploring themes of artistic ambition, wartime trauma, Jewish identity, and the power of storytelling.

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