Häftad, Engelska
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2004
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The Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of an Army nurse; In this powerful story collection - the first such work of fiction by a woman who served in Vietnam - Susan O'Neill offers a remarkable view of the war from a female perspective. All the nurses who served there had a common bond: to attend to the wounded. While men were sent to protect America's interests at any cost, nurses were trained to save the lives of anyone - soldier or citizen, ally or enemy - who was brought through the hospital doors. It was an important distinction in a place where killing was sometimes the only objective. And since they were so vastly outnumbered, women inevitably became objects of both reverence and sexual desire. For American nurses in Vietnam, and the men among whom they worked and lived, a common defense against the steady onslaught of dead and dying, wounded and maimed, was a feigned indifference - the irony of the powerless. With the assistance of alcohol, drugs, and casual sex, ""Don't mean nothing"" became their mantra, a means of coping with the other war - the war against total mental breakdown. Each or these tales offers new and profound insight into the ways the war in Vietnam forever - Häftad, Engelska, 2015
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2022
249 kr
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The line between imagination and reality blurs in these forty poignant pieces written by first- and second-generation immigrant authors.
This flash fiction anthology examines the experiences of being a transplant in a foreign land and looks critically at what it means to forsake tongues, traditions, and comforts in the hope of starting a new life in another world. These stories push readers to expand their understanding of the world beyond their own front doors.
The collection contains forty affecting works written by several multigenerational immigrant authors from countries around the world, including Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, China, Cuba, England, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Moldavia, Morocco, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United States, and Vietnam. Regardless of their origin, all share the experience of putting down roots in new soil and examining how adapting to new lives and lands impacts the characters’ understanding of themselves and their community. The stories are organized into four parts: "Past the Limits of the Familiar," "The Change is Slow," "Inheriting the Earth," and "Tired of Waiting for Home." At a thousand words or fewer, every vignette redefines resilience and the meaning of home.
Contributing Authors
Ellison AlcovendazNancy AuGenia BlumAida BodeRaffi BoyadjianPhilip CharterJames CorporaWalerian DomanskiIngrid JendrzejewskiVarya KartishaiMasha KiselRuth Knafo SettonNina KossmanRimma KranetShaun LevinAmit MajmudarMaija MäkinenSayantika MandalErick MessiasA. MolotkovFeliz MorenoKathy NguyenAlexandros PlasatisIrina PopescuStuart StrominEdvin SubašićYong TakahashiAlizah TeitelbaumLazar TrubmanJose VargheseMarina VillaYara Zghbeib
