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One Book, One Chicago: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay  Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel inspires hero-themed programming as the 2014-15 One Book, One Chicago selection. The Chicago Public Library has announced the 2014-15 One Book, One Chicago selection: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. One Book, One Chicago is an award-winning, nationally recognized city-wide book club that brings diverse Chicagoans together around one central book and theme. One Book, One Chicago programming is made possible with generous funding from Allstate and BMO Harris Bank to the Chicago Public Library Foundation. Set amid the backdrop of the rise of fascism and the years leading up to World War II, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a rollicking adventure story. Chabon transports readers into the Technicolor world of comic books, heroes and superheroes. The novel’s protagonists, cousins Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay, rise to fame as cartoonists during the nation’s “Golden Age” of comics and super heroes. Readers are invited to explore their own personal transformations and consider what it means to be a hero. From this selection, the Library will focus programming around the subject of Heroes: Real & Imagined. Programs supporting this theme will be held throughout the city, from October through the spring of next year. The Library will bring Chicagoans a variety of ways to engage with the book and its themes, through events at neighborhood libraries and at partner locations. People can take part in exhibits, book discussions, panel discussions, musical performances and story-telling. Kids and teens can also get in on this year’s theme with special hero-themed offerings and Create-A-Comic programs through the Library’s YOUmedia labs. Celebrated author Michael Chabon will visit the Harold Washington Library on October 9 at 6 p.m. for a discussion about his novel. This event is open to the public. The Chicago Public Library Foundation thanks our donors Allstate and BMO Harris Bank for their generous funding of the One Book, One Chicago program. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is the Library’s 25th title selection for the One Book program. For program details, including times and locations, please visit onebookonechicago.org or pick up a program guide at any Library location. |
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