What are some good 'Nam books?
Tim O'brien wrote a good collection of stories. one of them 'how to tell a true war story' is pretty dank, wrote an essay about it last semester at uni
>>7567177
On the war subject, have you read All Quiet on the Western Front? It left a huge impact on me and I highly recommend it and it is quite short:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Western_Front
Heart of Darkness :^)
>>7567177
The Things they Carried and Matterhorn are my favorite.
>>7567318
The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh is like a more adventurous Vietnamese version of All Quiet on the Western Front. Highly recommended.
>>7567177
Gustsv Hasford's novel The Short Timers, and sequel The Phantom Blooper. Amazinng stuff, very well written, poetic prose. Whiffs of Hemingway and occasionally Pynchon.
>>7568323
my man!
>>7567177
I read this a while ago. It was good, but I think it could be for a certain age group and I am not sure if mature adults would like it. Like I said, it was a while ago so I am really not sure.
>>7568396
So from reading the reviews I can definitely say that this is a young adult book. So if you are in that age group then I would recommend it.
Psy-ops, compulsion, redemption, Filipinos, spinster-in-training, strange mid-arc influence of Emil Cioran that generates spook vibes and gives strange sinister overtones to exploration of the Củ Chi tunnels as metaphor.
It's also amazing to see a talented author drop his go-to style and try something totally different. Didn't think going into it that the guy that wrote Jesus' Son would have written something like this.
>>7567177
more pho less cheeseburger
>>7568519
another non-American one
To anyone who has read it, is "The Short-Timers" any good?
>>7567291
Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong is the dankest
>reading a book about southeast asia
>it ain't me starts playing
>>7570244
The song is called 'fortunate son'.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWLNucdxekw
