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Articles of War: A Novel by Nick Arvin (2005, Hardcover) 1st Edition/Dust Jacket
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- Historical
- Ex Libris
- Yes
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
- No
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Unit Type
- Unit
- Literary Movement
- Realism
- Era
- 2000s
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket, Ex-Library
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Unit Quantity
- 1
- ISBN
- 9780385512770
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0385512775
ISBN-13
9780385512770
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30765958
Product Key Features
Book Title
Articles of War : a Novel
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Psychological, War & Military, General
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
9.5 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-050471
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Breathtakingly fine. Resonate in tone, surprising-as the landscape of human emotion should be surprising-eviscerating in its honesty, faceted in its complexity. Nick. Arvin has accomplished what only a handful of writers have managed-he has crafted a spare and perfect masterwork." -Mark Spragg, author of An Unfinished Life "[A] fierce, compact tale of one grunt's war . . . an elegant, understated testament to the stoicism, accidental cowardice and occasional heroics of men under fire." -Publishers Weekly, "Breathtakingly fine. Resonate in tone, surprising-as the landscape of human emotion should be surprising-eviscerating in its honesty, faceted in its complexity. Nick. Arvin has accomplished what only a handful of writers have managed-he has crafted a spare and perfect masterwork." -Mark Spragg, author ofAn Unfinished Life "[A] fierce, compact tale of one grunt's war . . . an elegant, understated testament to the stoicism, accidental cowardice and occasional heroics of men under fire." -Publishers Weekly
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Synopsis
Capturing the reality of war with a fidelity and power that echoes the best of classic war writing, this haunting novel brings to life the terrors of a young soldier in shocking, almost hallucinatory detail. George Tilson is an eighteen-year-old Iowan farm boy who enlists in the army during World War II and is sent to Normandy shortly after D-Day. Nicknamed "Heck" because of his reluctance to curse, he is a typical soldier, willing to do his duty without fuss or much musing about grand goals. The night before he is trucked into the combat zone, Heck meets a young French refugee and her family, an encounter that unsettles him greatly. It is during his first, horrific exposure to combat that Heck discovers a dark truth about himself: He is a coward. Shamed by his fears and tortured by the never-ending physical dangers around him, he struggles to survive, to live up to the ideal of the American fighting man, and to make sense of his feelings for the young French woman. As the stark reality of combat-the knowledge that he could cease to exist at any moment-presses in on him, Heck makes a series of choices that would be rational in every human situation except war. With remorseless, hypnotic clarity, Arvin draws readers into the unimaginable fear, violence, and chaos of the war zone. Arvin layers profound meaning within a brilliantly executed minimalist style. His portrayal of the emotional and physical terrors Heck can neither understand nor escape is one of the most disturbing and unforgettable accounts of the life of a soldier ever written.
LC Classification Number
PS3601.R77A89 2005
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Seller feedback (1,398)
- e***0 (7)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseExcellent quality and condition. This book is a great treasure and the leather cover is a plus.
- e***o (181)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseArrived lightning fast and as described A++
- l***e (73)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseExcellent transaction great attentiveness value quick shippingand product was truly “like new” as described. Thank you