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By the author of the acclaimed Water in Darkness, this tightly crafted search for redemption and forgiveness within the shadows of a family's military past is set in a 1980s rustbelt town south of Chicago, and tells the story of Bruno Konick, an aged veteran haunted by his own actions in W.W.II; his son Bruce, an unemployed factory worker badly disfigured by the siege of Khe Sanh, his youngest son Len, just recovering from the heroin addiction he learned as a hospital corspman in Saigon; and his grandson Luke, dreaming of heroism in a post-Vietnam America.
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"Let the word go out: There's a new Hemingway loose in America."
"The Names of Rivers is a stunning look into the dark violence at the root of men's souls. It will leave you sickened like a gut-punch, but it will also make you want to come back for more."
"Intensely written...displays a remarkably exacting touch...[and] surefooted storytelling skills."
"Austerely beautiful prose. An elliptical, memorable read."
"A haunting novel of family hurt and retribution that is beautiful in style and execution."
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Set in a 1980s rustbelt town south of Chicago, NAMES OF RIVERS tells the story of Bruno Konick, an aged veteran of 'the good war' who has spent a lifetime haunted by his own actions during the liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp; and his grandson Luke, a teenage boy forever dreaming of heroism in a post-Vietnam America. Together, they watch Luke's father Bruce, an unemployed factory worker badly disfigured during the siege of Khe Sanh, wander towards his suicidal end in a cornfield ruined by a freakish ice storm. When the youngest son Len unexpectedly returns home, recovered from the heroin addiction he acquired as a hospital corpsman in Saigon, he brings with him an old wound that Bruno Konick can never let himself touch. From a variety of perspectives, Buckman examines the complex relationships between fathers and sons, between men and history, weaving a cohesive novel rich in life's substance.
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- PublisherAkashic Books,U.S.
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1888451297
- ISBN 13 9781888451290
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages197
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