Inheriting the War
Poetry and Prose by Descendants of Vietnam Veterans and Refugees
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
8 December 2017
Summary
Descendants of Vietnam veterans and refugees confront the aftermath of war and, in verse and prose, deliver another kind of war story.
Fifty years after the Vietnam War, this anthology by descendants of Vietnam veterans and refugees—American, Vietnamese, Vietnamese Diaspora, Hmong, Australian, and others—confronts war and its aftermath. What emerges is an affecting portrait of the effects of war and family—an intercultural, generational dialogue on silence, memory, la…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393354287 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0393354288 |
| Author: | Laren McClung, Yusef Komunyakaa |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2017 |
| Weight: | 532g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 157mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
“A perspective that is essential for all Americans to ingest. Everything in its pages…displays unflinching eloquence. There is no doubt of the importance of Inheriting the War.” – Barbara Berman - The Rumpus
” Inheriting the War mines…how we pursue the soul of those we love who are torn by war, and how those wounds weather our own hands and hearts.” – The Millions
“Dense with confrontation, desperation, suffering, this volume also resonates with agency, empathy, even forgiveness.” – Booklist
”[P]oignant…[Inheriting the War] reveals how psychological trauma can have ripple effects through later generations…those wishing to learn more about the Vietnam War, poetry, or transgenerational trauma will also find this an engrossing read.” – Library Journal
Laren McClung
Laren McClung is a poet and the author of Between Here and Monkey Mountain. She teaches at New York University.
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