Tim O\'Brian (Books)

Tim O\'Brian Books

Tim O'Brien is renowned for his incisive exploration of the traumatic experiences of war and the loss of innocence. His prose frequently delves into the complexities of memory and moral ambiguity, examining how individuals navigate the specter of past horrors. O'Brien's mastery lies in his ability to intertwine raw reality with lyrical beauty, offering readers a profoundly moving meditation on human resilience and the consequences of conflict.

Going After Cacciato

395 pages
14 hours of reading

3.9(13002)Add rating

"To call Going After Cacciato a novel about war is like calling Moby-Dick a novel about whales Going After Cacciato is a fully dramatized account of men both in action and escaping from it....Clearly we are dealing here with what the new South American novelists would call 'magical realism'. To combine the two and make the result esthetically convincing is a major achievement." -- The New York Times Book Review "Magical and inspiring...truly incomparable! Every war has its chroniclers of fear and flight, its Stephen Cranes and Joseph Hellers. Time O'Brien joins their number." -- Philadelphia Inquirer Cacciato is one dumb soldier. He is walking away from war. Across mountains and deserts and swamps, hiking the 8600 miles from Vietnam to the lights of Gay Paree. To civilization. To peace. But that's insane. Isn't it? So a squad of fellow soldiers goes after crazy Cacciato. Their mission: bring him back to reality. Or else