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  1. Timothy Gray

    Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to combine 16 books, including The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Saturday, October 31 2009.

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  2. Timothy Gray

    Timothy Gray edited the first sentence of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Monday, October 12 2009.

    • IN LATER YEARS,In later years, holding forth to an interviewer or to an audience of aging fans at a comic book convention, Sam Clay liked to declare, apropos of his and Joe Kavalier's greatest creation, that back when he was a boy, sealed and hog-tied inside the airtight vessel known as Brooklyn, New York, he had been haunted by dreams of Harry Houdini.
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  3. Timothy Gray

    Timothy Gray edited the awards of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Monday, October 12 2009.

    • Added an award: Pulitzer Prize
    • Added category of an award: Pulitzer Prize Fiction
    • Added year of an award: Pulitzer Prize 2001
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  4. Timothy Gray

    Timothy Gray submitted a request to combine 16 books, including The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Monday, October 12 2009.

    Timothy Gray approved this request.
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  5. telegramsam70

    telegramsam70 edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Tuesday, September 22 2009.

    • Added: 2 jewish boys in the 30's write/illustrate a comic under the backdrop of 1930's pre-ww2
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  6. Shelfari

    Shelfari edited the description of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Friday, July 31 2009.

    • Winner of the Bay Area Book Reviewers' Award, New York Library Book Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, Los Angeles Times Book AwardJoe Kavalier, a young Jewish artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just smuggled himself out of Nazi-invaded Prague and landed in New York City.His Brooklyn cousin Sammy Clay is looking for a partner to create heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit America - the comic book.Drawing on their own fears and dreams, Kavalier and Clay create the Escapist, the Monitor, and Luna Moth, inspired by the beautiful Rosa Saks, who will become linked by powerful ties to both men.With exhilarating style and grace, Michael Chabon tells an unforgettable story about American romance and possibility.

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  7. Shelfari

    Shelfari edited the contributors of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Wednesday, July 22 2009.

    • Added a contributor: Michael Chabon: (Primary Author)
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  8. Shelfari

    Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Thursday, July 16 2009.

    • IN LATER YEARS, holding forth to an interviewer or to an audience of aging fans at a comic book convention, Sam Clay liked to declare, apropos of his and Joe Kavalier's greatest creation, that back when he was a boy, sealed and hog-tied inside the airtight vessel known as Brooklyn, New York, he had been haunted by dreams of Harry Houdini.
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