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Tim O'Brien has been writing about Vietnam in one way or another ever since he served there as an infantryman in the late 1960s. His earliest work on the subject, If I Die in a Combat Zone, was an intensely personal memoir of his own tour of duty; his books since then have featured many of the same elements of fear, boredom, and moral ambiguity but in a fictional setting. In 1994 O'Brien wrote In the Lake of the Woods, a novel that, while imbued with the troubled spirit of Vietnam, takes place entirely after the war and in the United States. The main character, John Wade, is a man in crisis: after spending years building a successful political career, he finds his future derailed during a bid for the U.S. Senate by revelations about his past as a soldier in Vietnam. The election lost by a landslide, John and his wife, Kathy, retreat to a small cabin on the shores of a Minnesota lake--from which Kathy mysteriously disappears.
Was she murdered? Did she run away? Instead of answering these questions, O'Brien raises even more as he slowly reveals past lives and long-hidden secrets. Included in this third-person narrative are "interviews" with the couple's friends and family as well as footnoted excerpts from a mix of fictionalized newspaper reports on the case and real reports pertaining to historical events--a mélange that lends the novel an eerie sense of verisimilitude. If Kathy's disappearance is at the heart of this work, then John's involvement in a My Lai-type massacre in Vietnam is its core, and O'Brien uses it to demonstrate how wars don't necessarily end when governments say they do. In the Lake of the Woods may not be true, but it feels true--and for Tim O'Brien, that's true enough. --Alix Wilber -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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John Wade was a lonely boy who taught himself magic tricks to bring some praise upon himself, to be loved. And in Vietnam, too, he proclaimed himself a "sorcerer"--he wasn't much of a soldier, and perhaps his magic powers would earn him the respect of the other men. Later, he tries to make his involvement at My Lai disappear--first, by falsifying his army records, then by denying, deep inside himself, that he was ever there. He builds his entire life upon deceit. A bright and appealing politician, he climbs steadily through the party ranks until he runs for the U.S. Senate; then his My Lai secret is unearthed and destroys his career. O'Brien's novel opens upon John and his wife, Kathy, in the aftermath of the defeat, trying to make sense of their lives, trying to salvage their marriage. And the novel unfolds as a sort of philosophical mystery--occasioned by Kathy's disappearance and the subsequent search for her in the lake wilderness of northern Minnesota. O'Brien never solves the mystery, instead offering hypotheses of what may have happened, what may yet happen--an ambitious, inventive technique that may prove unsettling to literal-minded readers. But the mystery of Kathy, while it provides suspense, is almost irrelevant, or it's as unknowable as where we go when we die. What O'Brien really offers is a portrait of one man and woman at the most critical juncture of their relationship. It's a dark portrait, taking issue with a stock notion of commercial fiction: that after suffering comes redemption. Maybe not. Maybe there's only oblivion. A beautifully written, haunting novel that evokes lives in deep crisis. John Mort
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... werden dem 41jährigen John Wade, der für einen U.S.-Senatsposten kandidiert zum Verhängnis. Seine Beteiligung an den Grueltaten in Vietnam kommt ans Tageslicht und besiegelt seine Niederlage. Frustriert zieht er sich mit seiner Frau Kathy in ein abgelegenes Ferienhaus zurück und das Unglück nimmt seinen Lauf. O'Brien präsentiert uns weniger einen Thriller als vielmehr die Psychologie eines Mannes der es immer schon verstand eine geheimnisvolle Aura um sich zu kreiren. Wie ein Puzzle fügen sich nach und nach Erzählungen, Spekulationen und Beweise zu einem kompletten Werk zusammen und man erhält einen immer tieferen Einblick in die Seele des Protagonisten wenn auch viele Variablen ungeklärt bleiben...
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This book was published more than 5 years ago! Not only is it still in print (!), but large numbers of people are still being profoundly affected by it. Look over the comments below. Most of them were written within the past few months--ample testament, should anyone need it, to the staying power of this superb novel about a period which permanently scarred a whole generation of us.
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I loved "The Things They Carried" Short Story collection by O'Brien, so I decided to try this novel. I was skeptical at first because I am primarily interested in his fiction dealing with the Vietnam War, but this is a large part of "In the Lake of the Woods" Like some of his other writing, O'brien circles around and around events and actions, revealing more and more of what happened. I really liked the chapters of quotations from characters as if questioned by police along with quotations about John Wade and quotations relevant to the novel. O'Brien leaves it up to the reader to decide if Wade really did make his wife disappear or not with hypothetical chapters. It is a twist on on a mystery because it doesn't tie up all the loose ends and right away it is implied no one may ever really know the truth. I think this novel would make an excellent novel to read and discuss as a group or in a class. There is just so much to talk about. If you have never read anything by O'Brien this is a wonderful place to start. If you have read anything else by him, this will not disappoint.
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THE HORRORS OF WAR
This is absolutely one of the best books that deal with the tragedies and the realities of war. It starts out similar to a detective novel since the reader has to figure out... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. Mai 2000 veröffentlicht
Vietnam Horror & Trauma
I was deeply moved by this novel. The descriptions of Vietnamese village massacres, the testimony of American soldiers at My Lai, and quotations from parallel historical events... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 3. Mai 2000 von Bob Genevro
Examination of head and heart
Tim O'Brien's novel "In the Lake of the Woods" is a terrific read. The plot is gripping and the characters well defined. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Mai 2000 von Billie Farris
one of my favorites!
I had to read this book for my senior english class in high school and I absolutely loved it. It is full of mystery and keeps you intrigued right to the end, and even after. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. April 2000 von Jen
A Mystery and a History Lesson
In The Lake Of The Woods, by Tim O'Brien, is a story of how one's past affects their current life. It's a story of emotions and the way the mind works. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. Februar 2000 veröffentlicht
Good Book
I am a senior in high school and read this book as a choosen reading assignment. Our class had previosly read O'brian's "The Things They Carried". Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Februar 2000 von Matt Norick
In the Lake of the Woods
Tim O'Brien has written a absolutly compelling tale of what War can do to a human spirit. It also is a love story, mystery, or fictional fantasy. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Februar 2000 von jana
Pleasantly Unclear
I chose to read this book for my English class. I may have procrastinated the reading, but when I picked this book up I couldn't put it down. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Februar 2000 von Laura Wise
OBrien's Best Book
Of the four Tim O'brien books I've read, this one was the best. So compelling and shocking that I was forced to put the book down more than once just to get myself together. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 2. Februar 2000 von Jeffrey N. Takle
A remarkable book
To some, it will be a mystery; to others, a Vietnam novel; to others, a study of a relationship. Whatever it means to you, this is one of the most challenging, profoundly moving... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 26. Januar 2000 veröffentlicht
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