Z GATOR, VIETNAM, FEBRUARY 1994 -- I'm home, but the house is gone. Not a sandbag, not a nail or a scrap of wire. On Gator, we used to say, the wind doesn't blow, it sucks. Maybe that's what happened -- the wind sucked it all away. My life, my virtue.
In February 1969, 25 years ago, I arrived as a young, terrified pfc. on this lonely little hill in Quang Ngai Province. . . Read more . . .
For those that don't know, Tim O'Brien is one of my favorite authors. After having read books my entire life, reading O'Brien for the first time nearly 20 years ago was the first time I learned the power of fiction to capture the essence of humanity. I love his books especially The Things They Carried, Going After Cacciato, and In the Lake of the Woods.
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I met him a few years ago when I he spoke on the the campus of the school I taught at. Nice guy, amazing writer.
ReplyDeleteFantastic. Ain't he great? I've seen him read a couple of times and have several signed copies of his books. The only bad thing about him - he's a Red Sox fan.
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