| Author: | Richard Currey | ISBN: | 9780981966120 |
| Publisher: | Santa Fe Writer's Project | Publication: | April 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Santa Fe Writer's Project | Language: | English |
| Author: | Richard Currey |
| ISBN: | 9780981966120 |
| Publisher: | Santa Fe Writer's Project |
| Publication: | April 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Santa Fe Writer's Project |
| Language: | English |
A devastating portrait of war in all its horror, brutality, and mindlessness, this extraordinary novel is written in beautifully cadenced prose. A combat medic in Vietnam faces the chaos of war, set against the tranquil scenes of family life back home in small-town America. This young man’s rite of passage is traced through jungle combat to malaria-induced fever visions to the purgatory of life in military-occupied Saigon. After returning home from war to stay with his grandfather, he confronts his own shattered personal history and the mysterious human capacity for renewal.
A devastating portrait of war in all its horror, brutality, and mindlessness, this extraordinary novel is written in beautifully cadenced prose. A combat medic in Vietnam faces the chaos of war, set against the tranquil scenes of family life back home in small-town America. This young man’s rite of passage is traced through jungle combat to malaria-induced fever visions to the purgatory of life in military-occupied Saigon. After returning home from war to stay with his grandfather, he confronts his own shattered personal history and the mysterious human capacity for renewal.
