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Bezig met laden... Aurora Dawn (1947)door Herman Wouk
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. St. Barts 2018 #4 - My first book by Wouk. It took a bit to get me going, but there was a charming, friendly banter between author and reader that i enjoyed.....for the most part. The authorial asides did build-up over time and often seemed a bit too wordy and philosophical....but at other times his sarcastic wit definitely made me laugh out loud.....the lightness of the story-telling was appealing, and the story was OK.....so a mixed bag. But what should one expect from a novel concerning a moral quandary? About advertising soap, no less! geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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The publication of 'Aurora Dawn' in 1947 immediately established Herman Wouk as a novelist of exceptional literary and historical significance. Today, Aurora Dawn's themes have grown still more relevant and, in the manner of all great fiction, its characters and ironies have only been sharpened by the passage of time. Wouk's raucous satire of Manhattan's high-power elite recounts the adventures of one Andrew Reale as he struggles toward fame and fortune in the early days of radio. On the quest for wealth and prestige, ambitious young Andrew finds himself face-to-face with his own devil's bargain: forced to choose between soul and salary, true love and a strategic romance, Wouk's riotous, endearing hero learns a timeless lesson about the high cost of success in America's most extravagant metropolis. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Wouk's achievement in decrying our tendency toward Success at the expense of the Soul and the Spirit, which, as the back cover promises, still resonates today, is all the more impressive for having been written during World War II, and published just in its aftermath, before the prosperous fifties were upon us, before the Me Generation unleashed itself, before the Dot-Commers revived it all one more time. ( )