This Is My God

by Herman Wouk

Overview

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author shares a "valuable, wise, and quietly moving" meditation on orthodox Judaism (Chicago Tribune).

Renowned for his sweeping historical novels such as The Cain Mutiny and The Winds of War, Herman Wouk now presents a brilliantly distilled examination of his own religious faith. A miracle of brevity, This Is My God guides readers through the world's oldest practicing religion with all the power, clarity, and wit of Wouk's celebrated fiction.

"Anyone who wants to know what orthodox Judaism means to an informed and intelligent orthodox Jew, who is at the same time thoroughly American in outlook and culture, will do well to study this work." --New York Times Book Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316055529
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	09/24/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	370
File size:	657 KB

About the Author

Herman Wouk (1915–2019) was a Pulitzer Prize–winning author of fiction and nonfiction. His works include The Caine Mutiny, Marjorie Morningstar, The Hope, and The Glory. Several of his books have been adapted into films and miniseries. Wouk’s early career as a radio comedy writer included a stint on the Fred Allen Show. He later became a naval officer after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Wouk’s novels The Winds of War and War and Remembrance delve into Jewish peoples experiences during World War II. In 1999, he received the Jewish Book Council Lifetime Achievement Award.

Editorial Reviews

"This Is My God accomplishes its mission superbly. On its popular level nothing comparable exists. In Wouk, the liberal neo-orthodoxy has found an eloquent spokesperson before the American community."—Saturday Review

"A valuable book, written in humility, wise, quietly moving. It is enjoyably readable, because of the author's qualities of mind and the high, proved skills that he possesses in writing."—Chicago Tribune

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