But here he reveals a personal story few have heard, taking us from his mostly happy childhood-and riotous triumphs at Yale-to the nightmare of drifting toward a dark abyss of meaninglessness from which he barely escapes.Īlong the way he introduces us to an unforgettable troupe of picaresque characters who join this quintessentially first-generation American boy in what is both bildungsroman and odyssey-and which underscores just how funny, serious, happy, sad, and ultimately meaningful life can be. Eric Metaxas Fish Out of Water: A Search for the Meaning of Life Hardcover Februby Eric Metaxas (Author) 866 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 17.99 72 Used from 4.45 29 New from 9.94 5 Collectible from 9. Renowned for his biographies of William Wilberforce, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Martin Luther, Metaxas is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, the witty host of the acclaimed Socrates in the City conversation series, and a nationally syndicated radio personality. Metaxas delivers a memoir of his own life that meticulously details ordinary and extraordinary personal events with charismatic finesse. Celery Green Day Those I hung out with in the Schroeder Lounge at Yale became such good friends that I tended to accept their views, and through them began to see another way of looking at these things.

Description What Happens When One of America's Most Admired Biographers Writes His Own Biography?įor Eric Metaxas, the answer is Fish Out of Water: A Search for the Meaning of Life-a poetic and sometimes hilarious memoir of his early years, in which the Queens-born son of Greek and German immigrants struggles to make sense of a world in which he never quite seems to fit. This excerpt is from Chapter 18 in my book FISH OUT OF WATER: A Search for the Meaning of Life.

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