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30%OFFColum McCann - Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War - 9780306821769 - V9780306821769
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Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War

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Description for Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War Paperback. An unprecedented collection of hard-hitting, poignant short stories written by thirteen young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Editor(s): Scranton, Roy; Gallagher, Matt. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 211 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260. Short Stories from the Long War. 256 pages. Editor(s): Gallagher, Matt; Scranton, Roy.
An unprecedented collection of hard-hitting, poignant short stories written by thirteen young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Dimension: 153 x 211 x 17. Weight: 260.
Fire and Forget includes the title story from Redeployment by Phil Klay, 2014 National Book Award Winner in FictionThese 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 voices- 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Hachette Books
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306821769
SKU
V9780306821769
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

About Colum McCann
Contributors include:Matt Gallagher,co-editor of Fire and Forget and author of KaboomRoy Scranton,co-editor of Fire and ForgetColum McCann,National Book Award winner and best-selling author of Let the Great World SpinSiobhan Fallon,author of You Know When the Men Are GoneColby Buzzell,author of My WarBrian Turner,author of Here, Bullet ( Hurt Locker")and nine others.

Reviews for Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War
Street Roots, 2/28/13 "Representing a new generation of veterans-turned-authors, the contributors in Fire and Forget have returned home, at least physically, and are now sharing their works and sculpting the public's perception of these wars and how they've impacted the warriors...Fire and Forget is an effective cultural text on multiple levels. Not only does it serve as a historical milepost, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War


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