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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
By Michael Chabon
Although I finished reading Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay some days ago, it has taken me a moment to collect my thoughts to write about this spellbinding book. I shall not summarize it here because that would be to take something away from Michael Chabon’s exquisite storytelling ability.
But what makes this book stand out is not the clever and intriguing plotline or the compelling characters. Chabon has managed to write about one of the darkest moments in modern history without melodrama or maudlin prose. He sets out the unspeakable conditions imposed by the Nazi occupiers of Prague in such a way as we feel both the horror and mundanity of them.
I discovered Chabon with The Yiddish Policemen’s Union and hope to read much more.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
By Kwei Quartey
Although I finished reading Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay some days ago, it has taken me a moment to collect my thoughts to write about this spellbinding book. I shall not summarize it here because that would be to take something away from Michael Chabon’s exquisite storytelling ability.
But what makes this book stand out is not the clever and intriguing plotline or the compelling characters. Chabon has managed to write about one of the darkest moments in modern history without melodrama or maudlin prose. He sets out the unspeakable conditions imposed by the Nazi occupiers of Prague in such a way as we feel both the horror and mundanity of them.
I discovered Chabon with The Yiddish Policemen’s Union and hope to read much more.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
By Michael Chabon
Although I finished reading Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay some days ago, it has taken me a moment to collect my thoughts to write about this spellbinding book. I shall not summarize it here because that would be to take something away from Michael Chabon’s exquisite storytelling ability.
But what makes this book stand out is not the clever and intriguing plotline or the compelling characters. Chabon has managed to write about one of the darkest moments in modern history without melodrama or maudlin prose. He sets out the unspeakable conditions imposed by the Nazi occupiers of Prague in such a way as we feel both the horror and mundanity of them.
I discovered Chabon with The Yiddish Policemen’s Union and hope to read much more.
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