Fatal light /
"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'...
| Основен автор: | Currey, Richard, 1949- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
[Santa Fe, NM] :
Santa Fe Writers Project,
℗♭2009.
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| Издание: | 20th anniversary ed. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=270623 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Fatal light. |
| Резюме: |
"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"--Publisher's description. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Previous ed. published 1988. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xv, 170 pages) |
| ISBN: |
9780977679966 0977679969 |