- Taschenbuch: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: Harper Collins USA; Auflage: Reissue (September 1993)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0060913509
- ISBN-13: 978-0060913502
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,1 x 13,5 x 1,5 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.4 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (26 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 288.926 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Sam Hughes, whose father was killed in Vietnam, lives in rural Kentucky with her uncle Emmett, a veteran whom she suspects is suffering from exposure to Agent Orange. Sam is a typical teenager, trying to choose a college, anticipating a new job at the local Burger Boy, sharing intimacies with her friend Dawn, breaking up with her high school boyfriend, and dealing with her feelings for Tom, one of Emmett's buddies. Sam feels that her life is bound to the war in Vietnam and becomes obsessed with the idea because of the reluctance of her family and Tom to talk about it. Her father's diary finally provides the insight she seeksinsight she cannot accept until she has visited the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. In Country is both a powerful and touching novel of America that analyzes the impact of the 1960s on the culture of the 1980s and a beautiful portrayal of an often forgotten area of the country. Essential for adult and YA collections. Thomas L. Kilpatrick, Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale Lib.
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Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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YA Sam, 17, is obsessed with the Vietnam War and the effect it has had on her lifelosing a father she never knew and now living with Uncle Emmett, who seems to be suffering from the effects of Agent Orange. In her own forthright way, she tries to sort out why and how Vietnam has altered the lives of the vets of Hopewell, Kentucky. Her untempered curiosity and imagination sprint off in all directions as she examines closely the often undiscussed, but always noticed, aspects of daily life. In this coming-of-age novel, Sam ponders many problems, among them Emmett's crusty, salve-covered pimples, veteran Tom's inability to have an erection and her good friend Dawn's pregnancy. Although Sam lives in a disheveled, tawdry house, she brings a freshness of spirit to the way she scrutinizes and revels in life. When she wants to understand living conditions in the Vietnam jungles, she decides she has to experience it, so spends the night beside a local swamp. A harshly realistic, well-written look at the Vietnam War as well as the story of a young woman maturing. Pam Spencer, Mount Vernon High School Library, Fairfax, Va.
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Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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"In Country," by Bobbie Anne Mason is a great story about a girl that lost her father in the Vietnam War. She lived a wild life without a father. Her mother living nearby, but her, in her late teens, lives with her uncle. She has no discipline, yet gets along well. Her main strugle throughout the book is finding out what Vietnam was really like. She also wants to know what her father was like, since she never even met him. Her uncle, was in the war, but he made it home alive. Sam, the young girl, is worried about her uncle, scared that he has Agent Orange. All she has is him, and she doesn't want to lose him to the war too. All of this takes place in the early 80's. She is dealing with the past, in the future. Some things just never go away. There is so much more to this book, and if you love to read books about Vietnam or even just like to read, then I would recomend this story. It's not too long, and wouldn't take up too much time. Sometimes the book moves rather slowly, and you must be patient with it. The main theme from the book is that things in the past, really do still effect us today.
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I'm surprised by other readers' reviews. Of course Sam is "childish" -- she's a child! You have to judge a book on its own terms. "In Country" doesn't set out to describe Vietnam, but rather the aftermaths of the war for those who stayed home -- focusing on Sam, a seventeen-year-old whose father was killed before she was born. Mason creates a completely convincing teenage voice. She also does a nice job of touching on lots of aspects of the debates surrounding Vietnam, without straying from storytelling mode. I was interested in the story, moved by the ending, and tickled at remembering what it's like to be 17 and hot for Bruce Springsteen.
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In Country was a pleasure to read, once I opened the pages to this novel it hypnotized me, I didn't want to put the book down, so much of what Bobbie Ann Mason wrote of in the novel was so true. Bravo.
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This book was way too slow for my liking I'll tell you that right away. It also annoyed me how much detail she got into about the stupidest little things. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 19. September 2000 von Krysteena
wonderful read
In Country is a great book for anyone who likes to read Vietnam associated books or books about coming of age young women. All around great book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
This book is an excellent story about discovering yourself
I think this book is a really good example about a lost soul finding her past through the memory of her Father. This book is well developed and thought out. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Ein amerikanischer "Teenager-Roman" einmal anders
Dieses Buch handelt vom Erwachsenwerden. Die junge Sam wächst in den 80er Jahren in einer amerikanischen Kleinstadt auf. Sie lebt mit ihrem Onkel, einem Vietnamveteran. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. September 1999 veröffentlicht
This book was way to drawn out and boring!
I my opinion, this book could have been done and over with in under 150 pages. It was so repetitive. I couldn't help but get bored by it. And the characters. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. August 1999 veröffentlicht
This book was way to drawn out and boring!
I my opinion, this book could have been done and over with in under 150 pages. It was so repetitive. I couldn't help but get bored by it. And the characters. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. August 1999 veröffentlicht
An excellent, entertaining work of literature
With so many bad contemporary novels hitting the best seller lists these days reading In Country was a breath of fresh air. Mason creates well-rounded, unique characters. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 11. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
It had a good effect on me.
I read In Country in 1992. It was an engaging book that treated the characters honestly. The main character Sam is begining to blossom as a person and wants to finally find out... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
This book makes no sense!
Bobbie Ann Mason creates characters with which most people cannot identify. This gives little insight (although it claims to give much) into the real Vietnam. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. März 1999 veröffentlicht
A wonderful book from start to finish!
I thought that In Country was very well written. I especially loved that fact that Mason told the story through Sam's point of view. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. März 1999 veröffentlicht
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