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These Heroic, Happy Dead: Stories

Luke Mogelson

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Description:A dazzling debut that forms an immensely moving portrait of the war in Afghanistan and life in, and after, the army. With his harrowing debut, Luke Mogelson provides an unsentimental, unflinching glimpse into the lives of those forever changed by war. Subtle links between these ten powerful stories, filled with narrators teetering on the edge and locations as far flung as Dahana, magnify the spectrum of the war's effects on soldiers and those around them, and the violence that carries over from Afghanistan and bleeds into their everyday lives. Troubled veterans first introduced as criminals in "To the Lake" and "Visitors" are shown later in "New Guidance" and "Hellfire," in the fighting that shaped their futures. A seemingly insignificant soldier in "New Guidance" becomes the protagonist of "Dogging Bear," where his self-interest has fatal consequences. The fate of a hapless Gulf War vet who reenlists in "Sea Bass" is revealed in "Peacetime," the story of his equally self-destructive National Guard buddy. A shady contractor job gone wrong in "A Beautiful Country" is a news item for a reporter in "Total Solar." Shifting in time and narrative perspective--from the home front to active combat, between experienced leaders, flawed infantrymen, a mother, a child, an Afghan-American translator, and a civilian journalist--these stories take the full measure of the human scale of war. Here is an evocative, deeply powerful work about duty, loss, and the redemptiveforce of storytelling, charting the legacy of violence and the plight of people hungry for atonement. Written with remarkable insight, These Heroic, Happy Dead heralds the arrival of an extraordinary new talent.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with These Heroic, Happy Dead: Stories. To get started finding These Heroic, Happy Dead: Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A dazzling debut that forms an immensely moving portrait of the war in Afghanistan and life in, and after, the army. With his harrowing debut, Luke Mogelson provides an unsentimental, unflinching glimpse into the lives of those forever changed by war. Subtle links between these ten powerful stories, filled with narrators teetering on the edge and locations as far flung as Dahana, magnify the spectrum of the war's effects on soldiers and those around them, and the violence that carries over from Afghanistan and bleeds into their everyday lives. Troubled veterans first introduced as criminals in "To the Lake" and "Visitors" are shown later in "New Guidance" and "Hellfire," in the fighting that shaped their futures. A seemingly insignificant soldier in "New Guidance" becomes the protagonist of "Dogging Bear," where his self-interest has fatal consequences. The fate of a hapless Gulf War vet who reenlists in "Sea Bass" is revealed in "Peacetime," the story of his equally self-destructive National Guard buddy. A shady contractor job gone wrong in "A Beautiful Country" is a news item for a reporter in "Total Solar." Shifting in time and narrative perspective--from the home front to active combat, between experienced leaders, flawed infantrymen, a mother, a child, an Afghan-American translator, and a civilian journalist--these stories take the full measure of the human scale of war. Here is an evocative, deeply powerful work about duty, loss, and the redemptiveforce of storytelling, charting the legacy of violence and the plight of people hungry for atonement. Written with remarkable insight, These Heroic, Happy Dead heralds the arrival of an extraordinary new talent.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with These Heroic, Happy Dead: Stories. To get started finding These Heroic, Happy Dead: Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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