Description: TALE OF A HERO by Stella Wilchek - First Edition 1965 Hardcover with Dust Jacket 408 pages From Dust Jacket - "The present-day Don Juan of this ironic tale of a hero is Egon Aronoff, born into the twentieth century and reared in the confidence that he was one of the world's elect. His mother was a Holz, which in post-World War I Vienna meant power and position. and his father, although not and position. And his father, although not a Holz, had the wit and energy to amass a fortune. An early introduction to sex revealed to Egon a precocious talent and a source of pleasure that was later to be equaled only by the pleasure of making money. But of love he was shy. In the hate-ridden thirties, Egon fled into exile, taking with him across the sea his youth and good looks, a fabulous reputation for amorous adventures, and and arrogant belief that nothing could permanently damage the world of which his parents were the center. In South America and the United States new adventures pursued him; women and money all came easily. But though Egon fervently sought to void ties that would curb his independence, the forces of life were stronger-and wilier. There came a time when love took an unsuspected meaning, requiring of him an act of courage and sacrifice, an act whereby Egon acknowledged his debt to the past and affirmed his commitment to the present. This story of a man uniquely human, and of unheroic inclination, is written with compassion and shrewd wit. It is entertainment of a high order."
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: United States
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Region: North America
Author: Stella Wilchek
Publisher: Harper & Row
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Modified Item: No
Year Printed: 1965
