Inside, Outside

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"A truly enjoyable reading experience Wouk reaffirms his position as one of the nation's eminent storytellers."
— New York Newsday
Inside, Outside deftly explores two sides of the Jewish experience in America — the Inside of family, faith, and tradition, and the Outside of assimilation and advancement. Especially celebrated for its rollicking comic vein, diis riveting novel departs from the grand themes of Wouk's internationally acclaimed epics The Winds of War and War and Remembrance to express a different, profound theme: the quest for identity in die clash between centuries-old tradition and pursuit of the American dream.
This powerful story spans more than sixty years, from the pre-nuclear innocence of die twenties and thirties to die turbulence of the immediate past. Scenes of rich family humor and show-business low comedy alternate widi sudden tragedy, the spectacle of a falling President, and the explosion of war. A bittersweet first love,... Tovább

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"A truly enjoyable reading experience Wouk reaffirms his position as one of the nation's eminent storytellers."
— New York Newsday
Inside, Outside deftly explores two sides of the Jewish experience in America — the Inside of family, faith, and tradition, and the Outside of assimilation and advancement. Especially celebrated for its rollicking comic vein, diis riveting novel departs from the grand themes of Wouk's internationally acclaimed epics The Winds of War and War and Remembrance to express a different, profound theme: the quest for identity in die clash between centuries-old tradition and pursuit of the American dream.
This powerful story spans more than sixty years, from the pre-nuclear innocence of die twenties and thirties to die turbulence of the immediate past. Scenes of rich family humor and show-business low comedy alternate widi sudden tragedy, the spectacle of a falling President, and the explosion of war. A bittersweet first love, relived after forty years, is a poignant counterdieme. Inside, Outside is a merry, masterful, sometimes ribald picture of the American Jewish experience in our century, by a master at die peak of his powers.
"Extremely funny." — Wall Street Journal
"Wouk demonstrates his ability to write with compassion about people both literary and historical, real and imaginary." — Christian Science Monitor
In addition to the novels mentioned above, Herman Wouk is die audior of die Pulitzer Prize-winning The Caine Mutiny, Marjorie Morningstar, and several odier novels, as well as This Is My God, a guide to the Jewish faith, and the classic drama The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial He lives in Palm Springs, ' California, and Washington, D.C. Vissza