The World is My Home

A Memoir

De: James A. Michener

Narrado por: Alexander Adams

Literary legend James A. Michener was “a Renaissance man, adventurous, inquisitive, unpretentious and unassuming, with an encyclopedic mind and a generous heart” (The New York Times Book Review). In this exceptional memoir, the man himself tells the story of his remarkable life and describes the people, events, and ideas that shaped it. Moving backward and forward across time, he writes about the many strands of his experience: his passion for travel; his lifelong infatuation with literature, music, and painting; his adventures in politics; and the hard work, headaches, and rewards of the writing life. Here at last is the real James Michener: plainspoken, wise, and enormously sympathetic, a man who could truly say, “The world is my home.”

Praise for The World Is My Home

“Michener’s own life makes one of his most engaging tales—a classic American success story.”—Entertainment Weekly

“The Michener saga is as full of twists as any of his monumental works. . . . His output, his political interests, his patriotic service, his diligence, and the breadth of his readership are matched only by the great nineteenth-century writers whose works he devoured as he grew up—Dickens, Balzac, Mark Twain.”—Chicago Tribune

“There are splendid yarns about [Michener’s] wartime doings in the South Pacific. There are hilarious cautionary tales about his service on government commissions. There are wonderful inside stories from the publishing business. And always there is Michener himself—analyzing his own character, assessing himself as a writer, chronicling his intellectual life, giving advice to young writers.”—The Plain Dealer

“A sweepingly interesting life . . . Whether he’s having an epiphany over a campout in New Guinea with head-hunting cannibals or getting politically charged by the melodrama of great opera, James A. Michener’s world is a place and a time worth reading about.”—The Christian Science Monitor

Learned alot

Sometimes I wonder why I read autobiographies because part way through every one of them I start to dislike the very person I started to read about. But at some point I reconcile this with bits of wisdom I receive. This one was no exception. If you like Michener novels this pbook pulls them all together.

James A. Michener - A very interesting man in a wonderful world

Though born as an orphan Mr. Michener related a very interesting autobiography. I plan to read his other writings. So should just about everyone else.
Bye for now, Glen Stinnett ;-)

the insights of a great author

a pure example of what a person can achieve even when raised in the poorest of backgrounds if they refuse to play the victim card.

Just like his historical fiction

I have read several of Michener’s books and enjoyed each one especially Iberia and The Source. His memoir while not fiction is written in the same manner: lots of stories that carry the reader along on a definite path to a definite conclusion for a definite reason. Michener’s stories have something useful for people to know. Sometimes the stories were a little tedious in my opinion. Nevertheless I enjoyed the book and feel the 21 hours was well spent. The narration missed the mark mostly because his voice just didn’t sound like what I imagined Michener would sound like.

now I know why I love MICHENER so much.

now I know why I love MICHENER so much. I also was a prolific hitchhiker in my youth. Also I've lived a lucky life, not a a life chasing riches.