My life as a foreign country / Brian Turner.
2014
DS79.766.T87 A3 2014 (Mapit)
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Title
My life as a foreign country / Brian Turner.
Author
Turner, Brian, 1967-
Edition
First American edition.
ISBN
9780393245011 hardcover
0393245012 hardcover
0393245012 hardcover
Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2014.
Language
English
Description
x, 212 pages ; 22 cm
Call Number
DS79.766.T87 A3 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
956.7044/342092 B
Summary
"In this ... memoir, award-winning poet Brian Turner retraces his war experience--pre-deployment to combat zone, homecoming to aftermath. Free of self-indulgence or self-glorification, his account combines recollection with the imagination's efforts to make reality comprehensible. Across time, he seeks parallels in the histories of others who have gone to war, especially his taciturn grandfather (World War II), father (Cold War), and uncle (Vietnam). Turner also offers something that is truly rare in a memoir of violent conflict--he sees through the eyes of the enemy, imagining his way into the experience of the 'other'"--Provided by publisher.
Note
"A memoir"--Dust jacket.
Also published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2014.
Also published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2014.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-208).
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