Tree of Smoke: A NovelFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 M09 4 - 624 páginas Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That's me. |
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... American-Statesman “[Tree of Smoke]'s dark sense of wartime humility is coupled with evocative, poetic language. ... Masterful and unforgettable.” —The Washington Times “Tree of Smoke is a big book, both in terms of heft and ideas ...
... American Navy men enjoyed scuba and skin-diving and had torn up all the coral and made the fish very timid so that the entire school disappeared in a blink when he swam near. Minh wasn't much of a swimmer, and without others around he ...
... American sailor a few doors down talking to one of his friends loudly, perhaps telling a story. Minh couldn't understand a word of it, though he considered his own English pretty fair. “The colonel has a big one.” The girl was fondling ...
... American is coming to the service.” “I know him,” Hao said. “Colonel Sands.” The master said nothing, and Hao felt forced to go on: “The colonel knows my nephew Minh. They met in the Philippines.” “He told me so.” “Have you met him ...
... Americans are going to become somewhat active here, somewhat destructive.” “How do you know?” The question was very indiscreet, yet even in the face of Hao's silence he persisted: “Did this American tell you?” “Thu's brother told me ...
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