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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Broadway Catalog: Book Release date: 1998-12-29 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 272 Ean: 9780767902892 Book Isbn: 0767902890  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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 Written on July 20, 2008 Summary: Haunting book! This horrifying and gut-wrenching book makes one really think about war and all the terrors and nightmares that go along with it. So many young lives were ruined or ended as a result and we can never go back and change that. I know many people that served in Vietnam and their stories are powerful as well as haunting. This book shook me to the core of my being. Highly recommended read.  Written on June 25, 2008 Summary: The Reason America is Doomed There were a few insightfull stories in this tome. But, this book is written by a real liberal. In his eyes there is no winning. There is only digging one hole to be filled by digging another. Tim O'Brien is a wimp, part of the wussification of America. There is no black or white just ambiguity. This explains why this book is used so much by colleges and universities (liberal educators). In effect this book says "I am so smart that I can't actually kill the man that wants and WILL kill me. I can look though the enemy's eyes and I am the enemy." What a lot of drivel. When America and the rest of the Western World is taken over by Islam his descendents and mine will bow reverently toward Mecca. Written on June 23, 2008 Summary: Unexpectedly amazing This was such a good book!! My college professor was the editor which is honestly the only way I would have ever come across this because he had us read it for class. I loved it. It was so real and easy to get attached to the characters, as if you were reading about friends. Definitely worth trying out if you don't typically read something of this genre. Written on June 17, 2008 Summary: Best piece of fiction I've read in a very long time More than just a war novel, it's a study of the individual and of humanity. While the line between fiction and the author's experiences and that between fantasy and reality is often blurred, O'Brien's writing style is amazing. Written on June 10, 2008 Summary: I appreciate what O'Brien was trying to do. That being said, the book still disappointed me with its total lack of subtlety and redundancy. I found myself skipping through entire paragraphs because I had read them before in previous stories, and I was irritated by the constant, exhuasted refrain, "I'm forty-three years old, and a writer now..." O'Brien is very clear on the point that, with a true war story, morality and truth are not necessary. I appreciate this, and I give him credit for the fact that his book echoes his own definition of the Vietnam War itself - vague, ambivalent, undefined, and without clarity or consistency. This, I feel he does fairly effectively, but for the fact that he repeatedly reminds the reader that that is his purpose. However, the inconsistency of the book, and the seemingly haphazard arrangement of the stories, made it difficult to follow at times, and overall it felt very sloppily written and constructed. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 1998-12-29 | 1999-09-30 | 2000-12-28 | 2006-05-30 | 2008-08-20 | 2001-01-30 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 272 | 180 | 128 | 256 | 76 | 288 |
| Ean | 9780767902892 | 9780743273565 | 9780764586682 | 9780061120060 | 9781438245416 | 9780316769174 |
| Book Isbn | 0767902890 | 0743273567 | 0764586688 | 0061120065 | 1438245416 | 0316769177 |
| Upc | - | - | 785555046399 | - | - | - |
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