Of a Fire on the Moon
By Norman Mailer
By Norman Mailer
By Norman Mailer
By Norman Mailer
Category: 20th Century U.S. History | Biography & Memoir | Science & Technology
Category: 20th Century U.S. History | Biography & Memoir | Science & Technology
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$22.00
Jun 03, 2014 | ISBN 9780553390612
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Jun 03, 2014 | ISBN 9780553390629
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Praise
Praise for Of a Fire on the Moon
“The gift of a genius . . . a twentieth-century American epic—a Moby Dick of space.”—New York
“Mailer’s account of Apollo 11 stands as a stunning image of human energy and purposefulness. . . . It is an act of revelation—the only verbal deed to be worthy of the dream and the reality it celebrates.”—Saturday Review
“A wild and dazzling book.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Still the most challenging and stimulating account of [the] mission to appear in print.”—The Washington Post
Praise for Norman Mailer
“[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.”—The New York Times
“A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.”—The New Yorker
“Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure.”—The Washington Post
“A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.”—Life
“Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.”—The New York Review of Books
“The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.”—Chicago Tribune
“Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.”—The Cincinnati Post
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