FICTION
210 Pages, 5 x 8.5
Formats: Trade Paper, PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket
Trade Paper, $14.00 (CA $16.00) (US $14.00)
Publication Date: April 2009
ISBN 9780977679928
Rights: WOR
Santa Fe Writer's Project (Apr 2009)
eBook Editions Available
Will it work on my eReader?A young soldier’s journey through war and back
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.