Voices of a Summer Day

By Irwin Shaw

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B002U6DCKC
• Release Date: January 1965
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Lyrical Memories of an Ordinary Man

Author Irwin Shaw doesn't strike a single false note as he takes the reader through the memories and daydreams of an ordinary man. The story's hero remembers with gentleness and humor the incidences of his boyhood and early life, including his war experiences and long marriage, that guided and shaped him into manhood. He struggles to understand how it can be that others -- some more deserving, others less -- managed to become 'members' of that elusive club: those who find meaning in their lives and a sense of connectedness to their families. Brilliantly written with insight, nostalgia and a self-deprecating humor, VOICES OF A SUMMER DAY illuminates not just the events, hopes and reactions of a single man, but of an entire generation.