The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Michael Chabon that follows two Jewish cousins in mid-20th-century New York as they create a popular comic book hero while grappling with war, identity, and the American Dream.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Michael Chabon ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Pulitzer Prize
ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2001 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Chip Kidd ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
Jewish American literature
ⓘ
bildungsroman ⓘ historical novel ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ metafiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasFictionalWork | The Escapist ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Holocaust
ⓘ
surface form:
Holocaust and its aftermath
art and creativity ⓘ assimilation ⓘ escape ⓘ exile ⓘ family ⓘ friendship ⓘ heroism ⓘ sexual identity ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Joe Kavalier
ⓘ
Sam Clay ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
American Dream
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
World War II in Europe
antisemitism ⓘ comic book industry ⓘ homosexuality ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 639 ⓘ |
| protagonistEthnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2000 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| setInLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
World War II
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late 1930s ⓘ post–World War II era ⓘ |
| settingFeature |
Brooklyn
ⓘ
Golden Age of Comics ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.