October 23, 2009
Book Review The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon I warn you now, this review will be gushing and full of praise for Michael Chabon. The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is one of the finest novels ever written. What can a Grocery Supervisor at a local Grocery Store possibly know about great literature? Well your right nothing. What I do know is a book is suppose to make you feel something. Kavalier and Clay had me engulfed in its world from page 1 to 633. Now that’s a sign of great literature. When you’re able to step aside from the realities of the world and envelope yourself into a world produced with words. The author is doing something right. Kavalier and Clay follows the life of Joseph Kavalier and Sammy Clay, through the years surrounding World War II. Joseph comes to live with Sammy in New York from Czechoslovakia to escape the hands of Hitler. Joseph and Sammy develop a life long friendship with the help of comics. They even become a highly successful team together when they join forces to produce the comic The Escapist. I could go on and on about what this book is about and where it went. As I’ve said before tumblr is the wrong forum for anything to do with length. I’d rather talk about what you’ll get out of this book. What it will make you feel. How instantly when you finish it, you’ll want to recommend it to everyone you know. First off though, this book is not for everyone. I made three attempts at it before falling in love with it. The first 120 pages are daunting, difficult to tread through. But that’s the key, it sets the stage for its artful mastery. These characters become real. They inhabit your consciousness. When you go to sleep at night and wake up in the morning they’re there. Waiting for you to get back to their pages, wondering where you’ve been. I finished this book earlier in the week and have thought about passages or moments a handful of times already. What more can I say really. It’s a ‘great American novel’, no question. Anything you’ve ever looked for in a novel is in these pages. It’s worth the big words and the work, trust me. Casey.

Book Review

The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

I warn you now, this review will be gushing and full of praise for Michael Chabon.

The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is one of the finest novels ever written. What can a Grocery Supervisor at a local Grocery Store possibly know about great literature? Well your right nothing. What I do know is a book is suppose to make you feel something. Kavalier and Clay had me engulfed in its world from page 1 to 633. Now that’s a sign of great literature. When you’re able to step aside from the realities of the world and envelope yourself into a world produced with words. The author is doing something right.

Kavalier and Clay follows the life of Joseph Kavalier and Sammy Clay, through the years surrounding World War II. Joseph comes to live with Sammy in New York from Czechoslovakia to escape the hands of Hitler. Joseph and Sammy develop a life long friendship with the help of comics. They even become a highly successful team together when they join forces to produce the comic The Escapist.

I could go on and on about what this book is about and where it went. As I’ve said before tumblr is the wrong forum for anything to do with length. I’d rather talk about what you’ll get out of this book. What it will make you feel. How instantly when you finish it, you’ll want to recommend it to everyone you know.

First off though, this book is not for everyone. I made three attempts at it before falling in love with it. The first 120 pages are daunting, difficult to tread through. But that’s the key, it sets the stage for its artful mastery. These characters become real. They inhabit your consciousness. When you go to sleep at night and wake up in the morning they’re there. Waiting for you to get back to their pages, wondering where you’ve been. I finished this book earlier in the week and have thought about passages or moments a handful of times already. What more can I say really. It’s a ‘great American novel’, no question. Anything you’ve ever looked for in a novel is in these pages. It’s worth the big words and the work, trust me.

Casey.