ISBN: 9780679450047
publishing house:
Random House
publication date: 2000
-9
language:
English
number of pages: 639
overview
The novel follows the lives of the title characters, a Czech artist named Joe Kavalier and a Brooklyn-born writer named Sam Clay—both Jewish—before, during, and after World War II. Kavalier and Clay become major figures in the nascent comics industry during its "Golden Age."