Author

Publication

2016 - W. W. Norton & Company, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

52,000 words, Guess

Page Count

208 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPS3612.I53568 A6 2016
  • LCCPS3612.I53568A6 2016

Description

"For readers of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and Redeployment, a searing debut exploring the lives of veterans returning to their homes in the South. Lacerating and lyrical, We Come to Our Senses centers on men and women affected by combat directly and tangentially, and the peculiar legacies of war. The story "Evie M." is about a vet turned office clerk whose petty neuroses derail even her suicide; in "We Come to Our Senses," a hip young couple leaves the city for the sticks, trading film festivals for firearms; in "Colleen" a woman redeploys to her Mississippi hometown, and confronts the superior who abused her at war; and in "11/19/98" a couple obsesses over sitcoms and retail catalogs, extracting joy and deeper meaning. The story "Hers" is about the sexual politics of a combat zone" --

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Other Editions

  • We come to our senses: storiesW. W. Norton & Company2016-01-01

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