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Going After Cacciato

By Tim O'Brien

Book information

Publisher
Broadway
Year
1999
ISBN
0767904427, 9780767904421
LCC
PS3565.B75 G6 1999
Open Library ID
OL20930698M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
694 kB (711004 bytes)
Pages
183\183
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

"To call Going After Cacciato a novel about war is like calling Moby-Dick a novel about whales."So wrote The New York Times of Tim O'Brien's now classic novel of Vietnam. Winner of the 1979 National Book Award, Going After Cacciato captures the peculiar mixture of horror and hallucination that marked this strangest of wars.In a blend of reality and fantasy, this novel tells the story of a young soldier who one day lays down his rifle and sets off on a quixotic journey from the jungles of Indochina to the streets of Paris. In its memorable evocation of men both fleeing from and meeting the demands of battle, Going After Cacciato stands as much more than just a great war novel. Ultimately it's about the forces of fear and heroism that do battle in the hearts of us all.

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