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September 9, 2013: Author Larry Tye to Discuss Latest Superman Novel
Posted by Neil Cole
New York Times best-selling author Larry Tye will be the featured guest at a book discussion for his latest novel, "Superman: The High Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero".
The event is scheduled to take place from 7:30PM to 9:00PM on Wednesday, October 2nd at the Arlington High School in Arlington, Massachusetts.
In "Superman: The High Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero", Tye chronicles the adventures of the men and women who kept Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's "Man of Tomorrow" aloft and vitally alive through seven decades and counting. Here are the savvy publishers and visionary writers and artists of comics' Golden Age who ushered the red-and-blue-clad titan through changing eras and evolving incarnations; and the actors—including George Reeves and Christopher Reeve—who brought the Man of Steel to life on screen, only to succumb themselves to all-too-human tragedy in the mortal world. Here too is the poignant and compelling history of Siegel and Shuster's lifelong struggle for the recognition and rewards rightly due to the architects of a genuine cultural phenomenon.
From two-fisted crimebuster to über-patriot, social crusader to spiritual savior, Superman—perhaps like no other mythical character before or since—has evolved in a way that offers a Rorschach test of his times and our aspirations. In this deftly realized appreciation, Tye reveals a portrait of America over seventy years through the lens of that otherworldly hero who continues to embody our best selves.
The event will be moderated by Teresa Hanafin, a journalist and the director of engagement and social media for Boston.com, and co-sponsored by Robbins Library and the Arlington Advocate.
