Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction from the author 'Wonder Boys'. 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' is a heart-wrenching story of escape, love and comic-book heroes set in Prague, New York and the Arctic. One night in 1939, Josef Kavalier shuffles into his cousin Sam Clay's cramped New York bedroom, his nerve-racking escape from Prague finally achieved. Little does he realise that this is the beginning of an extraordinary friendship and even more fruitful business partnership. Together, they create a comic strip called 'The Escapist', its superhero a Nazi-busting saviour who liberates the oppressed around the world. 'The Escapist' makes their fortune, but Joe can think of only one thing: how can he effect a real-life escape, and free his family from the tyranny of Hitler? Michael Chabon's exceptional novel is a thrilling tight-rope walk between high comedy and bitter tragedy, and confirms his position as one of the most inventive and daring of contemporary American writers. In Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay, he has created two unforgettable characters bound together by love, family and cartoons.

迈克尔•夏邦（Michael Chabon）

当代美国文坛最受瞩目的才子作家。1963年生于华盛顿特区，先后就读于卡内基-梅隆大学和匹兹堡大学，并在加州大学厄湾校区获得创意写作硕士学位。1988年，年仅25岁的迈克尔•夏邦出版其硕士学位作业、长篇小说处女作《匹兹堡的秘密》，创下当时新人小说最高预付版税的纪录，上市后造成畅销旋风，也为他赢得“塞林格接班人”的美国文坛金童美誉。他于1995年出版的第二部长篇小说《天才少年》也大获成功，被改编成电影，由迈克尔•道格拉斯和托比•麦奎尔主演。

2000年，迈克尔•夏邦出版第三部长篇小说《卡瓦利与克雷的神奇冒险》，更助他以三十八岁之龄赢得普利策小说奖，成为过去三十年来最年轻的普利策奖长篇小说得主。一些评论家认为：夏邦写出了无数作家穷其一生梦寐以求的“伟大的美国小说”，而该书描写的，却是向来受主流文坛轻视的主题：漫画。

迈克尔•夏邦的作品常被评论家与约翰•契弗、纳博科夫等现代经典作家相比。而他对类型小说、流行文化的兴趣，也使得他的作品丰富多样，难以界定。2007年出版的长篇小说《犹太警察工会》先后荣获星云奖、雨果奖、卢卡斯奖等科幻小说大奖。美国电影奇才科恩兄弟将把该书改编为电影。

此外，迈克尔•夏邦著有短篇小说集、散文集、童书、青少年小说多部，还曾担任电影《蜘蛛人2》编剧。

目前，迈克尔•夏邦和家人住在加州伯克利。