Swimming Across

Swimming Across
Author :
Publisher : Plunkett Lake Press
Total Pages : 198
Release :
ISBN-10 :
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Book Synopsis Swimming Across by : Andrew Grove

Download or read book Swimming Across written by Andrew Grove and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegant and concise, this childhood memoir of Andy Grove, one of the pioneers of Silicon Valley, begins in Budapest, Hungary where the author was born into a secular Jewish family in 1936. As a small child, Andris Grof was told, “Jesus Christ was killed by the Jews, and because of that, all of the Jews will be thrown into the Danube.” Grof’s school years were marked by such anti-semitism and interrupted first by the Nazi occupation and then by the post-war Communist regime. He was a good student who excelled at chemistry which he was studying at the University of Budapest when the Hungarian uprising of 1956 persuaded him to “swim across” the border and emigrate to the West. Grove provides an interesting sketch of a boy’s coming of age in a deeply dangerous 20th century Budapest under the control of Nazis and then Communists and concludes the memoir with an account of his escape and eventual resumption of his studies at the City College of New York. “Haunting and inspirational. It should be required reading in schools.” — Tom Brokaw “A poignant memoir... a moving reminder of the meaning of America and the grit and courage of a remarkable young man who became one of America’s phenomenal success stories.” — Henry Kissinger “This honest and riveting account gives a fascinating insight into the man who wroteOnly the Paranoid Survive.” — George Soros “Andy Grove is a tremendous role model, and his book sheds light on his amazing journey. I would choose him as my doubles partner any day!” — Monica Seles “Combines a unique and often harrowing personal experience with the virtues of fiction at its most engrossing — vivid scenes, sharply delineated characters, and an utterly compelling narrative... a wonderful reading experience.” — Richard North Patterson “A poignant tale leading to human courage and hope.” — Elie Wiesel “Grove, the founder and chairman of Intel Corporation, does not whine about his hardships. Instead he recalls ordinary events and matter-of-factly juxtaposes these against the turmoil of midcentury Hungary, creating a subtle though compelling commentary on the power to endure.” — Diane Scharper, The New York Times “Swimming Across tells the childhood stories [Grove] has guarded since first entering the public eye four decades ago... [It] is driven not by executives battling for money and power, but the experiences — some mundane, some extraordinary — of a nonobservant Jewish boy growing up in Hungary through a fascist regime, a Nazi invasion and a Soviet occupation.” — Chris Gaither, The New York Times “ The intelligence, dedication and ingenuity that earned him fame and fortune (he wasTime’s Man of the Year in 1997) are evident early on... Grove’s story stands smartly amid inspirational literature by self-made Americans” — Publishers Weekly “A tight, simply told, extremely intimate memoir... a polished, solid portrait of a particular time and place.” — Kirkus “[A] moving and inspiring memoir... Grove’s account of life in Hungary in the 1950s is a vivid picture of a tumultuous period in world history.” — Booklist

Swimming Across Related Books

Swimming Across
Language: en
Pages: 198
Authors: Andrew Grove
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-09 - Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press

GET EBOOK

Elegant and concise, this childhood memoir of Andy Grove, one of the pioneers of Silicon Valley, begins in Budapest, Hungary where the author was born into a se
Swimming Across the Hudson
Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: Joshua Henkin
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Putnam Adult

GET EBOOK

An adopted Jew discovers his birth mother was a Christian. Ben Suskind, 31, of New York always believed he was Jewish, so the letter from his birth mother throw
Swimming in the Sink
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Lynne Cox
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-13 - Publisher: Vintage

GET EBOOK

In this stunning memoir of life after loss, the open-water swimming legend and bestselling author tells of facing the one challenge that no amount of training c
Contested Waters
Language: en
Pages: 289
Authors: Jeff Wiltse
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11-30 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

GET EBOOK

From nineteenth-century public baths to today's private backyard havens, swimming pools have long been a provocative symbol of American life. In this social and
Waterlog
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Roger Deakin
Categories: Great Britain
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Arrow

GET EBOOK

Inspired by John Cheever's classic short story, 'The Swimmer', Roger Deakin set out from his home in Suffolk to swim through the British Isles. The result of hi