Random House Trade
Of a Fire on the Moon
Key Metrics
- Norman Mailer
- Random House Trade
- Paperback
- 9780553390612
- 7.9 X 5.1 X 1.2 inches
- 0.75 pounds
- Technology & Engineering > History
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
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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