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Literature & Fiction

Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War

Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War

Fire and Forget includes the title story from Redeployment by Phil Klay, 2014 National Book Award Winner in Fiction
These stories aren't pretty and they aren't for the faint of heart. They are realistic, haunting and shocking. And they are all unforgettable. Television reports, movies, newspapers and blogs about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have offered images of the fighting there. But this collection offers voicesâ‚¬"powerful voices, telling the kind of truth that only fiction can offer.

What makes the collection so remarkable is that all of these stories are written by those who were there, or waited for them at home. The anthology, which features a Foreword by National Book Award winner Colum McCann, includes the best voices of the warsâ‚¬ generation: award-winning author Phil Klayâ‚¬s â‚¬Å“Redeployment;â‚¬Â Brian Turner, whose poem â‚¬Å“Hurt Lockerâ‚¬Â was the movie's inspiration; Colby Buzzell, whose book My War resonates with countless veterans; Siobhan Fallon, whose book You Know When the Men Are Gone echoes the joy and pain of the spouses left behind; Matt Gallagher, whose book Kaboom captures the hilarity and horror of the modern military experience; and ten others.
Country USA
Brand Da Capo Press
Manufacturer Grand Central Publishing
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0306821761_used
ReleaseDate 2013-02-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780306821769

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