An Illness Caused by Youth
from The Father of All Things
Nonfiction, History, Military, Vietnam War, Asian, Travel, Adventure & Literary Travel
| Author: | Tom Bissell | ISBN: | 9780525436621 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | August 8, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tom Bissell |
| ISBN: | 9780525436621 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | August 8, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
Veteran Jack Bissell only deepened the abyss between him and his son Tom when he talked about the Vietnam war. But, when a magazine editor sends the two back to Vietnam for a story, Tom reopens the conversation and confronts his father’s past and the man that had seemed impossibly remote.
Part history, memoir, and travelogue, Tom Bissell’s is a haunting, riveting exploration of the war’s personal, political, and cultural impact from the perspective of the generation that grew up in the wake of the conflict and a wise reckoning of the bond forged between fathers and sons.
A Vintage Shorts Vietnam Selection. An ebook short.
Veteran Jack Bissell only deepened the abyss between him and his son Tom when he talked about the Vietnam war. But, when a magazine editor sends the two back to Vietnam for a story, Tom reopens the conversation and confronts his father’s past and the man that had seemed impossibly remote.
Part history, memoir, and travelogue, Tom Bissell’s is a haunting, riveting exploration of the war’s personal, political, and cultural impact from the perspective of the generation that grew up in the wake of the conflict and a wise reckoning of the bond forged between fathers and sons.
A Vintage Shorts Vietnam Selection. An ebook short.
