Elliot Ackerman: 7 books

From a decorated Marine war veteran and National Book Award finalist, an astonishing reckoning with the nature of combat and the human cost of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. "War hath determined us..." - John Milton, Paradise Lost Toward the beginning of Places and...

«*Essere capace di riflettere sulle cose ultime è ciò che trasforma un uomo che scrive in un vero scrittore. Ed Ackerman è uno scrittore di prim'ordine.*»D - la Repubblica «*Elliot Ackerman ha posato il fucile e preso la penna, per ritrovare l'umanità.*»Vanity Fair «*Prima...

From the author of Waiting for Eden and the National Book Award Finalist Dark at the Crossing, a “compassionate, provocative, and alive” (Vogue.com) debut war story about a young Afghan orphan, “Green on Blue is harrowing, brutal, and utterly absorbing. With spare prose, Ackerman has spun a...

A Vintage Shorts Original Selection   “Why do some forms of violence—the beheading of journalists by the Islamic State, a bombing in Ankara, or the attacks in San Bernardino and Orlando—make us feel so threatened, while other forms—the 372 separate mass shootings in America in 2015 or the...

«*Un romanzo necessario ed emozionante. Un ritratto forte e sfaccettato della Guerra civile in Siria.*»Publishers Weekly «*Il buio al crocevia si prepara ad essere uno dei libri fondamentali del 2017.*»Esquire «*Il buio al crocevia non è solo una riflessione sul rimorso, il tradimento,...

From the National Book Award finalist, a breathtakingly spare and shattering new novel that traces the intersection of three star-crossed lives. Eden Malcom lies in a bed, unable to move or to speak, imprisoned in his own mind. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa in his hospital room....

**NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST “Transports readers into a world few Americans know” —Washington Post** A timely new novel of stunning humanity and tension: a contemporary love story set on the Turkish border with Syria. Haris Abadi is a man in search of a cause. An Arab...