"e;A wrenching love story"e; about the relationship between a Vietnam veteran and a woman who was orphaned when Saigon fell, by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author (Chicago Tribune).This is an incandescent tale of modern love between a Vietnamese woman, orphaned in 1975 when Saigon fell to the Communists, and a Vietnam War veteran, returning from America to seek closure for decades-old emotional wounds. The more they nurture the love between them, the more they learn about each other, the more complex and dangerous their relationship becomes-and what follows conjures classical tragedy, infused with intense eroticism and with Butler's reverence for Vietnamese mythology and history.
The Deep Green Sea is a landmark work in the literature of love and war, from the acclaimed author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain."e;A slim, erotic and fable-like...book that picks up on many of Butler's abiding themes-the legacy of the Vietnam War, the clash of Vietnam's folklore and mysticism with American manners...[Butler is] a writer working to cast a spell."e; -TheNew York Times Book Review"e;In a deceptively understated manner, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Robert Olen Butler introduces us to a pair of improbable modern lovers .
. . [he] plants the seeds of a tragedy that will haunt his readers long after they finish this lyrical love story."e; -People
| ISBN: | 9780802193490 |
| Publication date: | 9th July 2013 |
| Author: | Butler, Robert Olen |
| Publisher: | Grove Atlantic |
| Format: | Ebook |
"e;A wrenching love story"e; about the relationship between a Vietnam veteran and a woman who was orphaned when Saigon fell, by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author (Chicago Tribune).This is an incandescent tale of modern love between a Vietnamese woman, orphaned in 1975 when Saigon fell to the Communists, and a Vietnam War veteran, returning from America to seek closure for decades-old emotional wounds. The more they nurture the love between them, the more they learn about each other, the more complex and dangerous their relationship becomes-and what follows conjures classical tragedy, infused with intense eroticism and with Butler's reverence for Vietnamese mythology and history.
Deep Green Sea features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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Deep Green Sea was written by Butler, Robert Olen and published by Grove Atlantic
£10.47. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..