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Book covers of Herman Wouk's "The Winds of War" and " War and Remembrance."
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 200 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story. 🖋️📚
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War and Remembrance
"a masterpiece of historical fiction and "a journey of extraordinary riches" (New York Times Book Review"
Sale: $22.99 to $2.99
by Herman Wouk
Rating: 4.8/5 (5,702 Reviews)
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The character name Airman is a translation to English of the Yiddish word luftmensch. The critic Dan Vogel writes that Wouk casts Noel as a "rasha" or bad or Satanic figure for leading Majorie in a descent from violating traditional Jewish laws of kashrut or kosher laws to violating traditional values of sexual morality
Luftmensch. Etymology: Compare German von Luft und Liebe leben (“to disregard the practical matters of life”, literally “to live on air and love”), German Luftikus (“impractical, quixotic, or careless person”). The word first appeared in Yiddish literature in 1860s (Nicolas Vallois, "The Luftmentsh as an economic metaphor for Jewish poverty: a rhetorical analysis”)
I’m not well versed in yiddish but aparently the name “Airman” translates to a yiddish word that means “To disregard the practical matters of life”
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“Marjorie Morningstar” (1958) is based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Herman Wouk, who’s mostly remembered for his historical fiction. Natalie Wood was a huge fan of it. You can read it for free here (archive.org/details/marj...)
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Youngblood Hawke by Herman Wouk (1962).
Born 27th May 1915, author Herman Wouk. He wrote my favourite book, 'Youngblood Hawke', about a budding Texan author, which was published in 1962. It was a humdinger of a book, with 783 pages. Wouk died in 2019, just 10 days short of his 104th birthday. #HermanWouk #YoungbloodHawke
“Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will not be the abstaining from an act, but the coming of a state of mind.” (The Winds of War)
✒️ #HermanWouk, American novelist (The Caine Mutiny), was #BOTD 27 May 1915. #Literature
Herman Wouk (1915-2019), American author
Died #otd Herman Wouk (1915-2019), American author, 6 years ago today #HermanWouk life story...
“Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will not be the abstaining from an act, but the coming of a state of mind.”
✒️ #HermanWouk, American novelist (The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War), #DOTD 17 May 2019. #Literature
Published on March 19:
1951 - The Caine Mutiny
2002 - Everything's Eventual
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🔴 1919 Literary Magazine "Littérature", edited by André Breton, Philippe Soupault, and Louis Aragon publishes its first issue
🔴 1951 Herman Wouk's novel "The Caine Mutiny" published (Pulitzer Prize 1952)
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Good morning #booksky! 🌞
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Front cover of Herman Wouk, “The Winds of War,” 1971 (2013 UK new edition). Photo is of a soldier, back to the camera, standing on a runway, with four fighter planes about to pass over his head.
There was a time when our USA was (with all its faults and some big exceptions, of course), generally speaking, “the good guys.” #historicalfiction #WWII #history #HermanWouk #TheWindsOfWar
The winds of war book cover
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order no explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Mid 50s? Cover of Marjorie MorningStar by Herman Wouk. Marjorie stands in the foreground with Manhattan behind her at the bottom it says “the great bestseller by the author of the Caine Mutiny.”
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Stopped by my local indie bookstore to place an order for some fav books, and walked out with some old and new acquaintances! #Circe #HermanWouk #aLiteTooBright @maureenjohnson
