Peace is a shy thing: the life and art of Tim O'Brien
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Published:
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
x, 546 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781250358493, 1250358493, 9781250358493
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Featuring over one hundred interviews with family, friends, peers, and others--not to mention countless exchanges with Tim O'Brien himself--[this book] provides a nearly day-by-day ... account of O'Brien's thirteen months as an infantryman in Vietnam and gives equal diligence to reconstructing O'Brien's writing process. [It] explores the life and journey that turned O'Brien into a literary icon and a household name. It includes an unpublished short story about O'Brien from a college girlfriend, documentation of his comical involvement with the Washington Post's coverage of Watergate, and a 1989 attic exchange between American and Vietnamese writers on the eve of the publication of O'Brien's most beloved book, The Things They Carried, years before the two countries normalized relations"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Vernon, A. (2025). Peace is a shy thing: the life and art of Tim O'Brien. First edition. St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Vernon, Alex, 1967-. 2025. Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien. St. Martin's Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Vernon, Alex, 1967-, Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien. St. Martin's Press, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Vernon, Alex. Peace Is a Shy Thing: The Life and Art of Tim O'Brien. First edition. St. Martin's Press, 2025.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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