Rich Man, Poor Man: A Novel

Name: Rich Man, Poor Man: A Novel
Rating: 4.413793087005615 (29 reviews)

Irwin Shaw

Feb 2013 · Open Road Media

29 reviews

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From the O. Henry Award–winning author , the New York Times –bestselling saga that is the basis for the classic TV miniseries is "a book you can't put down" ( The New York Times ).

Siblings Rudy, Tom, and Gretchen Jordache grow up in a small town on the Hudson River. They're in their teens in the 1940s, too young to go to war but marked by it nevertheless. Their father is the local baker, and nothing suggests they will live storied lives. Yet, in this sprawling saga, each member of the family pushes against the grain of history and confronts the perils and pleasures of a world devastated by conflict and transformed by American commerce and culture.

A memorable novel by one of America's greatest twentieth-century authors, Rich Man, Poor Man offers a gripping ride through America between the Second World War and Vietnam. It was made into one of the first primetime TV mini-series, and starred Nick Nolte, Peter Strauss, and Susan Blakely.

"Shaw remains a genial, seductive storyteller, especially adept with money matters and comfy milieus." — Kirkus Reviews

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Irwin Shaw including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's estate.

From the O. Henry Award–winning author , the New York Times –bestselling saga that is the basis for the classic TV miniseries is "a book you can't put down" ( The New York Times ). Siblings Rudy, Tom, and Gretchen Jordache grow up in a small town on the Hudson River. They're in their teens in th...

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29 reviews

behrouz yaghmaeian

September 7, 2026

مادر هرچی ایرانیه سگ گایید تنظیمات گوشی منو عوض نکن بیناموس فیس بوک و اینستاگرام من کو من اجازه ندادم به‌گوگل به اس ام اس و کالم دسترسی داشته باشه خونه زندگی من کو کس مادرا من دارو نمیخوام‌خونه میخوام پول میخوام کارای کیریتون با صاحب کارای کیریتون و نمیخوام مادر سگ اگه آدم دوست و خونواده و وطن داشته باشه تو خیابون نمیخوابه بهش دارو بدن بیناموس تو خیابون دوای کیر و خایه بهش نمیدن موقع رانندگی بهش دارو نمیدن آدم دوست و خونواده دار یه شب بیرون میخوابه نه یه سال یه کار عوض میکنه نه صدتا

Stephen Fletcher

March 7, 2023

I read the novel in college, and I decided to re-read the novel again. I liked the novel, but I don't love it.

Michael Lobban

September 24, 2020

Read this book when I was about 11 years old. I'm now 65 years old, it's a great book and I surely will read it again.

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About the author

Irwin Shaw (1913–1984) was an acclaimed, award-winning author who grew up in New York City and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1934. His first play, Bury the Dead (1936), has become an anti-war classic. He went on to write several more plays, more than a dozen screenplays, two works of nonfiction, dozens of short stories (for which he won two O. Henry awards), and twelve novels, including The Young Lions (1948) and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970). William Goldman, author of Temple of Gold and Marathon Man, says of Shaw: "He is one of the great storytellers and a pleasure to read." For more about Shaw's life and work, visit www.irwinshaw.org.

Irwin Shaw (1913–1984) was an acclaimed, award-winning author who grew up in New York City and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1934. His first play, Bury the Dead (1936), has become an anti-war classic. He went on to write several more plays, more than a dozen screenplays, two works of nonfict...

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