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Siam: Or the Woman Who Shot a Man (Sewanee Writers')

by Lily Tuck

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ISBN13: 9780879517236
ISBN10: 0879517239
Condition: Standard
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A powerful and evocative work in the tradition of Graham Greene or Joan Didion, "Siam" is the American experience in Vietnam written small, establishing Lily Tuck as a major voice in contemporary fiction.
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g.donahue, March 16, 2008 (view all comments by g.donahue)
With true Lily Tuck style, the author chooses a poignant period of history and wraps a good story through it. Limited to under 200 pages, this author writes a laconic, yet powerful and suspenseful story coupled with a surprising twist of events. The setting is 1967 in Bangkok on the verge of the Vietnamese War with youthful Claire and her young husband moving to Bangkok for his governmental contract work. Claire, a young bride is thrust into a foreign culture on the verge of war with an absentee husband. The title suggests it could be about a place or a person. Both topics deserve our attention. Highly recommended.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780879517236
Subtitle:
Or the Woman Who Shot a Man
Author:
Tuck, Lily
Publisher:
Overlook Press
Location:
Woodstock, NY :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
War
Subject:
Thailand
Subject:
Vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975
Subject:
Love stories
Subject:
War stories
Subject:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Subject:
Vietnamese Conflict, 19
Subject:
Thompson, James Harrison Wilson
Subject:
Literary
Series:
Sewanee Writers'
Publication Date:
November 1999
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
8.24x5.64x.79 in. .77 lbs.
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