{"product_id":"9780062036926","title":"The Will to Live On: This Is Our Heritage","description":"\u003cp\u003eHerman Wouk has ranged in his novels from the mighty narrative of \u003cem\u003eThe Caine Mutiny\u003c\/em\u003e and the warm, intimate humor of \u003cem\u003eMarjorie Morningstar\u003c\/em\u003e to the global panorama of \u003cem\u003eThe Winds of War\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWar and Remembrance\u003c\/em\u003e. All these powers merge in this major new work of nonfiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Will to Live On\u003c\/em\u003e, an illuminating account of the worldwide revolution that has been sweeping over Jewry, set against a swiftly reviewed background of history, tradition, and sacred literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForty years ago, in his modern classic This Is My God, Herman Wouk stated the case for his religious beliefs and conduct. His aim in that work and in \u003cem\u003eThe Will to Live On\u003c\/em\u003e has been to break through the crust of prejudice, to reawaken clearheaded thought about the magnificent Jewish patrimony, and to convey a message of hope for Jewish survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the Torah and the Talmud are timeless, the twentieth century has brought earthquake shocks to the Jews: the apocalyptic experience of the Holocaust, the reborn Jewish state, the precarious American diaspora, and deepening religious schisms. After a lifetime of study, Herman Wouk examines the changes affecting the Jewish world, especially the troubled wonder of Israel, and the remarkable, though dwindling, American Jewry. The book is peppered with wonderful stories of the author's encounters with such luminaries as Ben Gurion, Isidor Rabi, Yitzhak Rabin, Saul Bellow, and Richard Feynan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearned in general culture, warmly tolerant of other beliefs, this noted author expresses his own other beliefs, this noted author expresses his own faith with a passion that gives the book its fire and does so in the clear, engaging style that--as in all Wouk's fiction--makes the reader want to know what the next page will bring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077938168048,"sku":"9780062036926","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062036926_p0.jpg?v=1769910906","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062036926","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}