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Inside, Outside

Inside, Outside

by Herman Wouk

Herman WoukAdultClassicAmericanHistory
4.0
Open Library
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ALL hell has been breaking loose around here, and my peaceful retreat in the Executive Office Building may be coming to a sudden rude end.

ALL hell has been breaking loose around here, and my peaceful retreat in the Executive Office Building may be coming to a sudden rude end.

About this book

**Herman Wouk's classic novel moves on from the grand themes which have won him international acclaim - war, the fate of nations, and the indomitable spirit of man - to the quest for identity, in the clash between the Inside of faith and family and the Outside of the glittery American dream.** Inside, Outside sweeps through ***more than sixty years, from the pre-war, pre-atomic innocence of the twenties and thirties to the turbulent immediate past.*** Scenes of rollicking family humour and show-business comedy alternate with sudden tragedy, the spectacle of a falling President and the explosion of war. A bittersweet first love, relived after forty years, and a tense **secret wartime mission between Washington and Jerusalem** call forth the author's renowned storytelling gift. An intense, personal book about intimate things, Inside, Outside is a merry, poignant, sometimes ribald **picture of the American Jewish experience, by a master at the peak of his powers.**

Themes & subjects

Herman WoukAdultClassicAmericanHistoryReligion

Characters & people

Setting

Washington (D.C.)New York20th Century / 1972 - 1974

About the author

Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk

27 May 1915 – 17 May 2019

Herman Wouk was an American author best known for historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951) for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction. His other major works include The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, historical novels about World War II, and non-fiction such as This Is My God, an explanation of Judaism from a Modern Orthodox perspective, written for Jewish and non-Jewish audiences. His books have been translated into 27 languages.

Author

Herman Wouk

Pages

644

Read time

≈ 16h

Editions

14

Language

English

Publisher

RosettaBooks

ISBN

9788425317804

Where to buy

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