Irwin Shaw
Subtitle: a biography
By: Michael Shnayerson.
Publisher: Putnam
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 447
Subjects: Shaw, Irwin, 1913-; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Description: He was one of America's greatest storytellers. The Young Lions; Rich Man, Poor Man; The Girls in their Summer Dresses, novels, essays, dramas, screenplays, and some of the finest short stories of our century: in seventy-one years crowded with accomplishment and contradiction, Irwin Shaw wrote them all. Success came early, but then he had to struggle with the temptations of success. He achieved a greater level of celebrity than most writers of his generation, then had to grapple with the demons that celebrity brings. He was known everywhere for his generosity and charm, but became almost as legendary for his battles -- with the Group Theatre, with The New Yorker, with his book publishers, with competitors such as Hemingway, with his wife in their stormy marriage. - Jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I : Brooklyn beginnings; title: Part II : Tempered by war; title: Part III : The great adventure; title: Part IV : Full circle; title: Sources; title: Works by Irwin Shaw; title: Selected bibliography