Dispatches
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Word Count
69,500 words, Guess
Page Count
278 pages
Physical Format
Mass Market Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-100380688336
- ISBN-139780380688333
- Open LibraryOL9334958M
Description
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.
First Sentence
There was a map of Vietnam on the wall of my apartment in Saigon and some nights, coming back late to the city, I'd lie out on my bed and look at it, too tired to do anything more than just get my boots off.
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Other Editions
- Dispatches - 1977-01-01 - Avon Books, New York, New York (State)
- Dispatches: 1st ed. - 1977-01-01 - Knopf, New York, New York (State)
- Dispatches: 1st ed. - 1978-01-01 - Avon, New York, New York (State)
- Dispatches: 1st ed. - 1978-01-01 - Avon, New York, New York (State)
- Dispatches - 1980-01-01 - Avon Books, New York
- Dispatches, Audio Cassette - 1985-11-01 - Books on Tape, Inc.
- Dispatches: New Ed edition, Hardcover - 1989-10-01 - Hodder Arnold H&S
- Dispatches: Collector's edition - 1991-01-01 - Vintage, New York, New York (State)
- Dispatches: New Ed edition, Hardcover - 1997-10-24 - Picador
- Dispatches: New Ed edition, Paperback - 1998-12-01 - MacMillan
- Dispatches, Paperback - 2002-01-01 - Macmillan General Books
- Dispatches, Audio CD - 2009-04-01 - Blackstone Audiobooks
- Despachos de guerra, Tapa blanda - 2013-01-01 - Anagrama, Barcelona
- Dispatches, Paperback - 2015-01-01 - Picador
- Dispatches, Paperback - Pan MacMillan
- 6 other editions not shown
