An edition of Dispatches (1977)

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An edition of Dispatches (1977)

Depesze

  • 4.27 ·
  • 11 Ratings
  • 96 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 16 Have read

Written on the front lines in Vietnam, Dispatches became an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977. From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal insanity of life in that singular combat zone. Michael Herr’s unsparing, unorthodox retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, rendering clarity from one of the most incomprehensible and nightmarish events of our time. Dispatches is among the most blistering and compassionate accounts of war in our literature.

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Karakter
Language
Polish
Pages
295

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1977, Avon Books
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First Sentence

"Na ścia­nie mo­jej saj­goń­skiej klit­ki wi­sia­ła mapa Wiet­na­mu i cza­sem, kie­dy póź­ną nocą wra­ca­łem do mia­sta, tak zma­cha­ny, że le­d­wo star­cza­ło mi sił, żeby zdjąć buty, ga­pi­łem się na nią, wy­cią­gnię­ty na łóż­ku. Nie­sa­mo­wi­ta była ta mapa, zwłasz­cza te­raz, kie­dy nic już nie mia­ła wspól­ne­go z rze­czy­wi­sto­ścią. Po pierw­sze, była bar­dzo sta­ra. Ileś lat temu zo­sta­wił ją je­den z po­przed­nich lo­ka­to­rów, pew­nie Fran­cuz, bo mapa przy­je­cha­ła z Pa­ry­ża. Od tych wil­got­nych upa­łów pa­pier po­fał­do­wał się w ram­ce i wy­ry­so­wa­ne kra­je wy­glą­da­ły jak przy­kry­te za­sło­ną. Wiet­nam po sta­re­mu dzie­lił się tu na Ton­kin, An­nam i Ko­chin­chi­nę, a na za­cho­dzie, za La­osem i Kam­bo­dżą, le­ża­ło so­bie Kró­le­stwo Sy­ja­mu. Sta­ra mapa, mó­wi­łem tym, któ­rzy mnie od­wie­dza­li, bar­dzo sta­ra."

Edition Notes

Published in
Kraków, Polska
Copyright Date
1977
Translation Of
Dispatches
Translated From
English

Contributors

Translator
Krzysztof Majer

The Physical Object

Format
eBook
Number of pages
295

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL51152932M
ISBN 13
9788365271334

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