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Short Rhetoric for Leaving the Family
Peter Dimock
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Description for Short Rhetoric for Leaving the Family
Paperback. Series: American Literature S. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
Hundreds of novels have explored the war in Vietnam. This is the first to explore the world of the architects of that war, and it cuts terribly close to home. Dimock brilliantly exposes the pained heart of a single family and offers a vision of what their way of life still costs us all. His book raises with startling freshness ancient yet urgent questions about relations between image, word, and act.
Hundreds of novels have explored the war in Vietnam. This is the first to explore the world of the architects of that war, and it cuts terribly close to home. Dimock brilliantly exposes the pained heart of a single family and offers a vision of what their way of life still costs us all. His book raises with startling freshness ancient yet urgent questions about relations between image, word, and act.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Series
American Literature S.
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Normal, IL, United States
ISBN
9781564782106
SKU
V9781564782106
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Ref
99-15
About Peter Dimock
Peter Dimock has long worked in publishing-at Random House, and as senior executive editor for history and political science at Columbia University Press, where he worked with authors including Angela Davis, Eric Hobsbawm, Toni Morrison, and Amartya Sen. His first novel, "A Short Rhetoric for Leaving the Family", was published by Dalkey Archive Press in 1998.
Reviews for Short Rhetoric for Leaving the Family
"A highly unusual look at the immorality of war; recommended for most collections."
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