Too Far to Walk
A Novel
$32.78
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2020
Summary
Our reissue of the acclaimed 1966 novel—which recasts the classic Faust legend, setting it in an elite New England college—from one of our most distinguished house authors, John Hersey.
John Fist is a talented overachiever who has become restless and bored in his second year at Sheldon, an elite New England college. He is losing motivation, increasingly finding it “too far to walk” to his philosophy class across campus. So when the devil in sophomore’s clothing (a fellow student named…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593080863 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0593080866 |
| Author: | John Hersey |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 212g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm |
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Critics Review
“Bold, fresh… . Splendidly successful.” – The Wall Street Journal “Extremely readable, frequently funny.” – The New York Times “Engaging… . As always, a novel by John Hersey is novel.” – Life
“Bold, fresh… . Splendidly successful.” —The Wall Street Journal“Extremely readable, frequently funny.” —The New York Times“Engaging… . As always, a novel by John Hersey is novel.” —Life
About The Author
John Hersey
John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, in 1914 and lived there until 1925, when his family returned to the United States. He studied at Yale and Cambridge, served for a time as Sinclair Lewis’s secretary, and then worked several years as a journalist. Beginning in 1947 he devoted his time mainly to writing fiction. He won the Pulitzer Prize, taught for two decades at Yale, and was president of the Authors League of America and Chancellor of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Hersey died in 1993.
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