Dispatches
introduction by robert stone
$67.13
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
17 February 2009
Summary
Dispatches: A Front-Line Chronicle of the Vietnam War
Written on the front lines in Vietnam, Dispatches became an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977.
From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal insanity of life in that singular combat zone. Michael Herr’s unsparing, unorthodox retellings of the da…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780307270801 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0307270807 |
| Series: | Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series |
| Author: | Michael Herr, Robert Stone |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 17 February 2009 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 133mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
“The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time.”
—John le Carré“In the great line of Crane, Orwell, and Hemingway … Herr reaches an excruciating level of intensity … He seems to have brought to this book the ear of a musician and the eye of a painter … The premier war correspondence of Vietnam.”
—The Washington Post” … Dispatches puts the rest of us in the shade.”—Hunter S. Thompson
About The Author
Michael Herr
Michael Herr was a novelist and war correspondent. Born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1940, he began reporting from Vietnam for Esquire in the 1960s, during the height of the war. He later chronicled those experiences in his memoir, Dispatches. He is the author of three other books, The Big Room, Walter Winchell, and Kubrick, and coauthor of the screenplays for Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. He died in 2016.
Robert Stone, a National Book Award winner, lives in New York City.
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