In the Lake of the Woods (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Tim O’Brien
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1986 and late 1960’s
- Setting: Minnesota and Vietnam
- Principal Characters: John Wade, Kathy Wade, Lieutenant William Calley
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s
- Locales: Vietnam
Tim O’Brien’s novel Going After Cacciato (1978), which won the National Book Award, and his collection of stories The Things They Carried (1990), chosen by The New York Times editors as one of the best books of 1990, have established him as one of the finest fiction writers to explore the Vietnam War and the psychological scars that left their marks on many combatants, including O’Brien himself.
The central action of Going After Cacciato is escape: The title character simply decides one day to walk away from the war, and his squad pursues him...
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