If I Die in a Combat Zone (Paladin Books) [Paperback]

Tim O'Brien (Author)

Book Description

Series: Paladin Books | Publication Date: April 24, 1995

By the same author as "Northern Lights", "Going after Cacciato" and "The Nuclear Age", this book presents a first hand account of the author's time spent serving as an infantry sergeant in the Vietnamese War.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'No one has written about the Vietnam War with the eloquence of Tim O'Brien. If I Die in a Combat Zone may be the single greatest piece of work to come out of Vietnam -- on a level with World War II's The Naked and the Dead and From Here to Eternity.'Washington Star 'A work of passion and protest...one of the few good things to come out of that desolating struggle.'Guardian 'A personal document of aching clarity...O'Brien brilliantly and quietly evokes the foot soldier's daily life in the paddies and foxholes. A beautiful, painful book.'New York Times Book Review 'I wish O'Brien did not write so beautifully, for he makes it impossible to forget his book. Years from now it will still have that terrible power to make me remember and to make me weep.'New York Times --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Tim O'Brien was born in Minnesota and graduated from Macalester College in St Paul. He established himself as one of the leading writers of his generation in 1973 when he published 'If I Die In A Combat Zone', the compelling account of his own tour of duty in Vietnam and is widely regarded as the finest novelist the Vietnam War has produced.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Paladin (April 24, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0586087990
• ISBN-13: 978-0586087992
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,289,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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