![]() ![]() ![]() It attempts to argue for the compatibility of two different modes of literature (and life), and exemplifies their co-existence in its own nature: it is, on the one hand, a hyperbolic, implausible, accessible, rollercoaster popular adventure novel and yet it is also a meditative, incisive, psychologically and socially critical literary realist novel. ![]() Its speculative elements, while important, are so small that a non-genre reviewer could easily be baffled by those who consider it a genre work its details are precisely realistic, but its tone is ironic, and its arcs are fantastic in extent and form. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (by Michael Chabon) is a hard book to classify. ![]()
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