“At once an absorbing confessional memoir, a work of faith, a comedy and a literary achievement, Fish Out of Water by Eric Metaxas is one of the best books I’ve read [this year]. Gorgeously written, fun and spiritually enriching, deeply literate and hugely entertaining...” — Mark Judge, Stream.org
“At once an absorbing confessional memoir, a work of faith, a comedy and a literary achievement, Fish Out of Water by Eric Metaxas is one of the best books I’ve read [this year]. Gorgeously written, fun and spiritually enriching, deeply literate and hugely entertaining...” — Mark Judge, Stream.org
“How do brave men advance through adversity with courage and then summon courage from the rest of us? Read Eric Metaxas’s artfully scrappy memoir to cultivate courage and meet the public intellectual behind the books that we love. This memoir stands as a beacon to a world lost to us, and casts a tractor beam to a future which demands virtue, bravery, courage, and personal sacrifice...” — Rosaria Butterfield, author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert
“How do brave men advance through adversity with courage and then summon courage from the rest of us? Read Eric Metaxas’s artfully scrappy memoir to cultivate courage and meet the public intellectual behind the books that we love. This memoir stands as a beacon to a world lost to us, and casts a tractor beam to a future which demands virtue, bravery, courage, and personal sacrifice...” — Rosaria Butterfield, author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert
“According to Dostoevsky, when Russian boys meet, they talk about God. Reading the book by Eric Metaxas, I felt the author and myself as such Russian boys. His youth was spent in the USA, mine in the USSR – countries, to put it mildly, very different. Despite this, we are remarkably similar. This concerns our first literary impressions (special thanks to “Werther”!), our first own discoveries, and most importantly – what is commonly called universal values. Only good books create unity between author and reader – wherever each of them may live. Fish Out of Water is such a book. It sparkles with wonderful humor. This only happens with the most serious books.”
— Eugene Vodolazkin, author of Laurus
“According to Dostoevsky, when Russian boys meet, they talk about God. Reading the book by Eric Metaxas, I felt the author and myself as such Russian boys. His youth was spent in the USA, mine in the USSR – countries, to put it mildly, very different. Despite this, we are remarkably similar. This concerns our first literary impressions (special thanks to “Werther”!), our first own discoveries, and most importantly – what is commonly called universal values. Only good books create unity between author and reader – wherever each of them may live. Fish Out of Water is such a book. It sparkles with wonderful humor. This only happens with the most serious books.”
— Eugene Vodolazkin, author of Laurus
“The story rolls along and carries us with it, hilarious and heart-breaking by turns, vivid and contemplative, and regularly touched with poetry. Eric Metaxas is a brilliant communicator.”
— Frederica Mathewes-Green, “Author of At the Corner of East and Now and The Illumined Heart”?
“The story rolls along and carries us with it, hilarious and heart-breaking by turns, vivid and contemplative, and regularly touched with poetry. Eric Metaxas is a brilliant communicator.”
— Frederica Mathewes-Green, “Author of At the Corner of East and Now and The Illumined Heart”?
“A wonderful story wonderfully told. Eric Metaxas knows how to tell complex things simply, and serious things with lively wit. He is that rare and delightful being: a terrific writer with something important to say.”
— Andrew Klavan, international bestselling author, two-time Edgar Award winner
“A wonderful story wonderfully told. Eric Metaxas knows how to tell complex things simply, and serious things with lively wit. He is that rare and delightful being: a terrific writer with something important to say.”
— Andrew Klavan, international bestselling author, two-time Edgar Award winner
“This memoir of one of our best writer’s coming of age is a beautiful thing: deeply intelligent, spiritually acute, and laugh-out-loud funny.” — Bret Lott, bestselling author of fourteen books including Jewel, an Oprah Book Club selection
“This memoir of one of our best writer’s coming of age is a beautiful thing: deeply intelligent, spiritually acute, and laugh-out-loud funny.” — Bret Lott, bestselling author of fourteen books including Jewel, an Oprah Book Club selection
“...Fish Out of Water masterfully mixes a coming-of-age story with deeply introspective questions....This is what the world needs right now.”
— Western Journal
“...Fish Out of Water masterfully mixes a coming-of-age story with deeply introspective questions....This is what the world needs right now.”
— Western Journal
“Writing is an art form in its own right, every bit as admirable as painting, sculpture, theater and music, as Eric Metaxas ... so ably demonstrates [in Fish Out of Water], a memoir of his life that meticulously details ordinary and extraordinary personal events with charismatic finesse... deep insight and laugh-out-loud humor. [A] thoroughly delightful read, a top candidate for anyone’s summer (or even spring) reading list.”
— The Washington Times
“Writing is an art form in its own right, every bit as admirable as painting, sculpture, theater and music, as Eric Metaxas ... so ably demonstrates [in Fish Out of Water], a memoir of his life that meticulously details ordinary and extraordinary personal events with charismatic finesse... deep insight and laugh-out-loud humor. [A] thoroughly delightful read, a top candidate for anyone’s summer (or even spring) reading list.”
— The Washington Times
“A profoundly moving memoir.”
— Booklist (Starred Review)
“A profoundly moving memoir.”
— Booklist (Starred Review)
“...a narrative reminiscent of Saint Augustine’s Confessions, Metaxas delivers a warts-and-all exploration of his youth” — Kirkus
“...a narrative reminiscent of Saint Augustine’s Confessions, Metaxas delivers a warts-and-all exploration of his youth” — Kirkus
What Happens When One of America's Most Beloved Biographers Writes His Own Biography?
For five-time New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas, the answer is Fish Out of Water: A Search for the Meaning of Life-a soaring, lyrical, and often mischievous account of his early years, in which the astute Queens-born son of Greek and German immigrants struggles to make sense of a world in which he never quite seems to fit.
While millions know Metaxas as a celebrated author, the witty host of Socrates in the City, and a nationally syndicated radio personality, here he reveals a personal story few have known. The scion of two families with very different traditions, he enjoyed their affection and support through his riotous but successful years at Yale, yet later felt abandoned as he drifted toward an abyss of meaninglessness from which he barely escaped.
Along the way, Metaxas introduces us to an unforgettable troupe of Runyonesque characters who join this quintessentially first-generation American boy on his odyssey, underscoring how simultaneously funny, serious, happy, sad, and meaningful life can be.
What Happens When One of America's Most Beloved Biographers Writes His Own Biography?
For five-time New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas, the answer is Fish Out of Water: A Search for the Meaning of Life-a soaring, lyrical, and often mischievous account of his early years, in which the astute Queens-born son of Greek and German immigrants struggles to make sense of a world in which he never quite seems to fit.
While millions know Metaxas as a celebrated author, the witty host of Socrates in the City, and a nationally syndicated radio personality, here he reveals a personal story few have known. The scion of two families with very different traditions, he enjoyed their affection and support through his riotous but successful years at Yale, yet later felt abandoned as he drifted toward an abyss of meaninglessness from which he barely escaped.
Along the way, Metaxas introduces us to an unforgettable troupe of Runyonesque characters who join this quintessentially first-generation American boy on his odyssey, underscoring how simultaneously funny, serious, happy, sad, and meaningful life can be.
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940173073617 |
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Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
Publication date: | 02/02/2021 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |