- Taschenbuch: 624 Seiten
- Verlag: St Martin's Press C/O Melia; Auflage: Reprint (22. April 1999)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0312200811
- ISBN-13: 978-0312200817
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,9 x 15,5 x 4,1 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.8 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (18 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 541.766 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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"There have been a number of excellent books about Vietnam. . .but none has managed to communicate in such detail the day-to-day pain, discomfort, frustration and exhilaration of the American military experience in Vietnam." --Joe Klein, "The New York Times Book Review"
""The novel" about the Vietnam War. . .Del Vecchio has constructed a classic war novel, a complex and frightening book, that gets it right." --"Chicago Sun Times"
"An important and distinctly American book." --William Plummer, "Newsweek"
""The novel" about the Vietnam War. . .Del Vecchio has constructed a classic war novel, a complex and frightening book, that gets it right." --"Chicago Sun Times"
"An important and distinctly American book." --William Plummer, "Newsweek"
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Praise for "The 13th Valley," a Finalist for the American Book Award:
"There have been a number of excellent books about Vietnam...but none has managed to communicate in such detail the day-to-day pain, discomfort, frustration and exhilaration of the American military experience in Vietnam." --Joe Klein, "The New York Times Book Review"
" "The" novel about the Vietnam War...Del Vecchio has constructed a classic war novel, a complex and frightening book, that gets it right." -- "Chicago Sun-Times"
"An important and distinctly American book." --William Plummer, "Newsweek"
"The first Vietnam combat novel to demand--and deserve--comparison with Norman Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead."" -- "Philadelphia Enquirer"
" "The 13th Valley" written with straightforward, authoritative, unadorned prose and merciless intelligence is not just the best Vietnam War novel to date, but the smartest." --C.D.B. Bryan, author of "Friendly Fire"
" "The 13th Valley" is dynamite! This is the most sensuously honest interpretation of the Vietnam experience I've ever read." --Al Santoli, author of "Everything We Had"
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If one were compiling a list of great novels dealing with the Viet Nam War, I believe that John M. Del Vecchio's harsh and gripping novel of infantry combat, The 13th Valley, would have a high place on that list. It is one of those novels that seems so realistic, both in its presentation of character and in the action (which literally wears the reader down just as it does the soldiers who are at the heart of the story). Unlike the view of Viet Nam taken in such books as Stone's Dog Soldiers and the movie "Apocalypse Now", this story doesn't dwell on the fringe craziness of drugs, secret missions or exaggerated characters for the sake of social commentary. It focuses on the lives of grunts in the bush and how they are transformed by the harsh reality of repeatedly facing and delivering death as their daily job. The universal questions don't have to be asked. They are implicit in the life or death struggle that Del Vecchio recounts so well. This is a stunning book; harsh, gritty, realistic, touching and disturbing. I you thought there was anything romantic or "exciting" about this war, you won't after experiencing this book. I highly recommend it.
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I bought this book because of it's outstanding rating in Amazon.com, but I don't understand why it was so well rated. The subject matter (the war in Vietnam) is interesting, and Mr. Del Vecchio writes well about the actual execution of the war and the lives of "boonierats". However, when he starts to get philosophical about the source of human conflict and racism, his writing style and his presentation breakdown in a hurry. He should have stuck with a narrative of the lives of "boonierats", I think I would have been much more satisfied with the result. This is not a great novel.
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This is an outstanding book which depicts in intrisic detail the mindset of soldiers dealing with the conflict in Vietnam from the emotional, ethical, and racial standpoints. It will make you laugh, cry and jump for joy. The authors detailing of the emotional mindset of a service member overseas, in combat, with a spouse or girlfriend waiting for him back home is right on and deeply moving. Three times I have read this book and there will surely be a fourth.
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I occasionally, while at Amazon, search a title I read years ago to learn what others might now say of it. I purchased and read The 13th Valley when it was first published. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. April 2000 von anonymous
A Contender for Best War Novel of All Time
I bought one for myself and three for Christmas presents. My brother-in-law, who fought as a combat engineer from Normandy to the Rhine could only make his way through it in short... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 26. März 2000 von John N. Frary
wow !
I don't know if this book is correct in every detail. Memories, at least mine, tend to round off after 30 years. Such a long time ago. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 6. März 2000 von david milne
One of the very best
An extraordinary novel, richly detailed, intricately plotted, coarse, brutal and very shocking. Years ago I read a great best seller, 'The Caine Mutiny,' and was captured by the... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 22. Januar 2000 von Finance guy
A MUST READ!
I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN! THE 13TH VALLEY IS ABOUT A PLATOON IN THE 101ST AIRBORNE DURNING VIETNAM. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Dezember 1999 von CHOO LEE NEE
outstanding, visceral, disturbing book
This book has to be one of the greatest war novels ever written. I read it over a decade ago then recently reread it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. Dezember 1999 von Susan Wang
Simply the best VietNam book I have read!
If you are interested in the VietNam experience, you must read this book
Veröffentlicht am 25. August 1999 von Gene Duncan
Harrowing realism.
"The 13th Valley" is a gripping account of Vietnam combat. I don't normally read war novels but a friend recommended the WWII novel "The Triumph and the Glory"... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
A one-line blurb could never measure the power in this book.
Upon having re-read Del Vecchio's The 13th Valley, I called on an old friend to return my now worn copies of For the Sake of All Living Things and Carry Me Home. A powerful trio. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
A passionate portrayal of men at war...
Not regularly, but occasionally I begin reading a book that actually excites me to the point that my pulse quickens abit, and I know that I've found something very... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 7. März 1999 von Allison (ollie50@earthlink.net)
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