The Last War (P.S.) - Softcover

Menendez, Ana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061724777 ISBN 13: 9780061724770

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2010

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2010-06-29 Pages: 256 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US Photojournalist Flash chases conflicts around the globe with her war correspondent husband. Brando Now Brando is in Iraq awaiting her arrival. but instead of racing to join him.. Flash idles in Istanbul. vaguely aware that her marriage is faltering. Her malaise is compounded by the arrival of a mysterious letter revealing Brandos infidelity-and by the sudden appearance of Alexandra. a fierce and captivating colleague who shared dangerous days with the couple in Afghanistan . As Flash spirals deeper into regret. anger. and indecision. she wonders if she and Brando were ever really happy-as shes forced to confront long-buried secrets and hard truths about her world. her marriage. her husband. and herself.

About this title

Product Description:

"Exquisitely crafted. . . strikingly real and heartfelt." --Denver Post

"[A] potent literary novel . . . A deft portrait of an estranged couple whose pain is veiled by the fog of war." --People

A breathtaking novel of love, war, and betrayal from the critically acclaimed author of Loving Che and the New York Times Notable Book, In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd. From the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq to the strange, shimmering streets of Istanbul, The Last War is a "seductive meditation" (O, The Oprah Magazine) on cruelty and violence, love and identity from Pushcart Prize-winning author Ana Menéndez.

Review:

"Ana Menendez's The Last War offers us a moving and probing portrait of lovers and media warriors in this poignant and touching novel of crumbling friendships and marriages--betrayals, large and small--in a dicey and dangerous world."--Edwidge Danticat, author of Breath, Eyes, Memory and Brother, I'm Dying

"[Loving Che] puts [Menendez] in the company of other Latino writers such as Junot Diaz and Sandra Cisneros."--Vanity Fair on Loving Che

Praise for IN CUBA I WAS A GERMAN SHEPHERD: "Powerful... A bright debut that points to even brighter accomplishments to come."--Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

Praise for IN CUBA I WAS A GERMAN SHEPHERD: "Menendez taps into [a] wellspring of broken promises and unfulfilled desires and gives us a ... peek at ... the Cuban-American experience."--Miami Herald

"Powerful. . . . A bright debut that points to even brighter accomplishments to come."--Michiko Kakutani, New York Times on In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd

Praise for LOVING CHE: "A tart fable about history and identity that is equal parts detective story, travelogue and fever dream...Inventive and hypnotic...[An] evanescent pas de deux."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

Praise for IN CUBA I WAS A GERMAN SHEPHERD: "A raucous, heartfelt debut...Deft, talented and hilarious...."--Junot Diaz

"A tart fable about history and identity that is equal parts detective story, travelogue and fever dream. . . . Inventive and hypnotic. . . . [An] evanescent pas de deux."--Los Angeles Times Book Review on Loving Che

Praise for LOVING CHE: "[Loving Che] puts [Menendez] in the company of other Latino writers such as Junot Diaz and Sandra Cisneros."--Vanity Fair

"[A] potent literary novel . . . A deft portrait of an estranged couple whose pain is veiled by the fog of war."--People

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061724777
• ISBN 13: 9780061724770
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256