Fire and Forget: Short Stories

Resumen del libro

An unprecedented collection of hard-hitting, poignant short stories written by thirteen young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars



These stories aren't pretty and they aren't for the faint of heart. They are realistic, haunting and shocking. And they are all unforgettable. Television reports, movies, newspapers and blogs about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have offered images of the fighting there. But this collection offers voices-powerful voices, telling the kind of truth that only fiction can offer.

What makes the collection so remarkable is that all of these stories are written by those who were there, or waited for them at home. The anthology, which features a Foreword by National Book Award winner Colum McCann, includes the best voices of the our wars' generation: Brian Turner, whose poem "Hurt Locker" was the movie's inspiration; Colby Buzzell, whose book My War resonates with countless veterans; Siobhan Fallon, whose book You Know When the Men Are Gone echoes the joy and pain of the spouses left behind; Matt Gallagher, whose book Kaboom captures the hilarity and horror of the modern military experience; and nine others.

Contributors

Contributors include:

Matt Gallagher-co-editor of Fire and Forget and author of Kaboom
Roy Scranton-co-editor of Fire and Forget
Colum McCann-National Book Award winner and best-selling author of Let the Great World Spin
Siobhan Fallon-author of You Know When the Men Are Gone
Colby Buzzell-author of My War
Brian Turner-author of Here, Bullet ("Hurt Locker")
and nine others.

Biografía del autor

Nancy Konvalinka es antropóloga, profesora e investigadora de la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)