Synopses & Reviews
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
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 Herrs unsparing, unorthodox retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, rendering clarity from one of the most incomprehensible and nightmarish events of our time.
Dispatches is among the most blistering and compassionate accounts of war in our literature.
Synopsis
Written on the front lines in Vietnam, "Dispatches" became an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977. Herr's unsparing, unorthodox retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, rendering clarity from one of the most incomprehensible and nightmarish events of our time.
About the Author
Michael Herr is also the author of
Kubrick,
The Big Room, and
Walter Winchell, and coauthor of the screenplays for
Apocalypse Now and
Full Metal Jacket. He lives in upstate New York.
Robert Stone, a National Book Award-winner, lives in New York City.