The Silent |
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| Author:
| Dann, Jack |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7322-6742-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2000 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Australia
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| Imprint: | Fourth Estate |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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I was almost thirteen when the bluebelly Yankee bastards invaded the Valley. I saw a lot that day They killed Poppa right off, and then they dragged Mother into the front yard before they killed her too. I figure that was the day I first got the knack of being invisible. From the critically acclaimed author of the Memory Cathedral comes a most powerful, haunting and unforgettable novel of the Civil War. Provocative, poetic, and disturbing, the Silent introduces us to a young narrator...
More DescriptionI was almost thirteen when the bluebelly Yankee bastards invaded the Valley. I saw a lot that day They killed Poppa right off, and then they dragged Mother into the front yard before they killed her too. I figure that was the day I first got the knack of being invisible. From the critically acclaimed author of the Memory Cathedral comes a most powerful, haunting and unforgettable novel of the Civil War. Provocative, poetic, and disturbing, the Silent introduces us to a young narrator whose voice rivals any in literature in bringing poignantly to life the surreal horrors of battle and its spiritual cost to human survival. A ferocious portrait Dann captures the sheer bloody chaos of battle in the civil war A vivid and disturbing read. Kirkus Reviews