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Buffalo Afternoon

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Susan Fromberg Schaeffer's Buffalo Afternoon tells the story of a young man's journey from his urban ethnic neighborhood to the jungles of Vietnam and back. Unlike many popular works of fiction about the era, this book does not solely concentrate on the "blood and guts" either during the war or afterwards. It also explores the hero's complex relationships with his wife, family, and other Vietnam Vets. The men who actually served are not the only victims of this war - the wife suffers the effects of her husband's PTSD, and later, when he finally connects to other veterans, has to tolerate homeless or drug addicted or just plain strange "brothers" invading her home at all hours of the day and night, eating the food, drinking the beer, and throwing things at the TV set when the news stories displease them. Required reading for all vets, all vets families, and all vets friends

This is another good book to add to your library chronicling the war in Vietnam. The more you read about this chapter in our history the more you understand the damage that occurred to the minds of the soldiers involved in that military action. The suffering does not stop when you leave the battle area and requires a great deal of support from loved ones to 'make you whole' again. We owe them!!

This was a special gift for a friend who was unable to find this for himself. He wasvery pleased to have received a copy shortly after we discussed it

Want to feel the Vietnam experience, but are too young? No problem. This book will make you feel like you're there and "back in the world". Of course, you must experience the entire scene, so here's some acid to trip on. That's exactly what reading this book is like. You could almost hear the Doors playing in the background while reading this hallucinatory tale of madness and schizophrenia. This book definately has a "women's" touch, mixed with the ethearal feel of Pynchon. For a far superior straight fiction of Vietnam, I'd highly recommend Michael Peterson's A Time of War