Michael Chabon on The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - The John Adams Institute

On September 5, 2001, Mr. Chabon visited the John Adams Institute to talk about his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (De wonderlijke avonturen van Kavalier & Clay). Chabon’s third novel celebrates the golden age of the adventure comic book, the ‘great, mad and new American art form,’ which spanned the years between the late 1930’s and the early 1950’s. It was a thriving time for popular culture and Chabon vividly recalls the swing music, the pulp novels, the bars of midtown New York and the patriotic kitsch inspired by WWII. Although suffused with tragedy, his work proves to be a comic epic, generously optimistic about the human struggle for personal liberation.
Moderator: Pieter Steinz

[@BenSchwartz00]

This is an excellent interview in general, but my favorite part is the time capsule aspect. As soon as someone says “world wide web” it immediately placed them two decades ago. So glad it was preserved and uploaded!

[@jayalanchristianson7070]

This is a GEM. Thank you so much.