Sailor and fiddler
Subtitle: reflections of a 100-year-old author
By: Herman Wouk
Edition: Large Print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press Large Print Lifestyles; Thorndike Press large print lifestyles
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781410488626
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: American Authors; Biography; Centenarians
Description: Many years ago, the British philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin urged Herman Wouk to write his autobiography. Wouk responded, "Why me? I'm nobody." Berlin answered, "No, no. You've traveled. You've known many people. You have interesting ideas. It would do a lot of good." Now, in the same year he has celebrated his hundredth birthday, Herman Wouk finally reflects on the life experiences that inspired his most beloved novels. Among those experiences are his days writing for comedian Fred Allen's radio show; enlisting in the US Navy during World War II; falling in love with Betty Sarah Brown, the woman who would become his wife (and literary agent) for sixty-six years; writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Caine Mutiny; as well as a big hit Broadway play The Caine Mutiny Court Martial; and the surprising inspirations and people behind works like The Winds of War, War and Remembrance, Marjorie Morningstar, and Youngblood Hawke. Written with the wisdom of a man who has lived through two centuries and the wit of someone who began his career as professional comedy writer, the first part of Wouk's memoir ("Sailor") refers to his Navy experience and writing career, the second ("Fiddler") to what he's learned from living a life of faith. Ultimately, Sailor and Fiddler is an unprecedented reflection from a vantage point few people have lived to experience.
Table of contents: title: No autobiography, and why not; title: Not that interesting a person; title: The main task I; title: The main task II; title: Inside, outside; title: The hope and the glory.