The publication of Aurora Dawn in 1947 immediately established Herman Wouk as a novelist of exceptional literary and hisorical significance. Today, Aurora Dawn's themes have grown still more relevant and, in the manner of all great fiction, its characters and ironies have only been sharpened by the passage of time. Wouk's raucous satire of Manhattan's high-power elite recounts the adventures of one Andrew Reale as he struggles toward fame and fortune in the early days of radio. On the quest for wealth and prestige, ambitious young Andrew finds himself face-to-face with his own devil's bargain: forced to choose between soul and salary, true love and a strategic romance, Wouk's riotus, endearing hero learns a timeless lesson about the high cost of success in America's most extravagant metropolis.
- ISBN10 0316955094
- ISBN13 9780316955096
- Publish Date 15 April 1992 (first published September 1969)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Little, Brown & Company
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English