A Flag for Sunrise (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Stone
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Politics, Revolutions, Religion, Spiritual life or spirituality, Central America or Central Americans, Morality or morals, Priests, Nuns, Religious life
- Locales: Central America
An ambitious novel set in the fictional Central American country of Tecan, A Flag for Sunrise attacks United States interference in the economy, politics, and culture of Latin American countries. Its title derives from Emily Dickinson's question, “Sunrise, hast thou a flag for me?”—an unspoken plea by Stone's characters as they pursue something beyond themselves, a new vision to salute tomorrow. The novel continually draws parallels with the horrors and fiascoes of Vietnam through the memories of the central observer, Frank Holliwell, onetime Central Intelligence Agency...
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