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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), War & combat fiction
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- Paperback Jun 11, 2013 | 9781444756142 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
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Sceptre
- Paperback Jun 11, 2013 | 9781444756142 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 6, 2012 | 9781444760514 | RRP $30.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 6, 2012 | 9781444756166 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Jun 11, 2013 | 9781444756142 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Sep 6, 2012 | 9781444760514 | RRP $30.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Sep 6, 2012 | 9781444756166 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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An unforgettable depiction of the psychological impact of war, by a young Iraq veteran and poet, THE YELLOW BIRDS is already being hailed as a modern classic.
WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD
A soldier's broken promise ... a mother's loss ... an agonizing truth. THE YELLOW BIRDS gives a powerful, emotional insight into the human cost of war - its impact on soldiers, their families, and most of all what it is like to return home, but never be able to leave the memories behind. Kevin Powers served two terms as a machine gunner with the US army in Iraq. On his return, he was asked one question more than any other: "What was it like over there?"
THE YELLOW BIRDS is his attempt to reckon with that question.
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Praise for The Yellow Birds
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Extraordinary . . . beautifully accomplished. The mark of an artist of the first order . . . a must-read book. - JOHN BURNSIDE, GUARDIAN
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A masterpiece ... a classic. - THE TIMES, BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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A stunning achievement - visceral [and] poignant. - SUNDAY TIMES
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'Remarkable for its intensity of both feeling and expression. In this book about death, every line is a defiant assertion of the power of beauty to revivify, whether beauty shows itself in nature or (later) in art. - HILARY MANTEL, GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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The best book I have read this year - IRISH TIMES
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A wonderful, powerful novel that moves and terrifies. - INDEPENDENT
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Harrowing, inexplicably beautiful, and utterly, urgently necessary. - ANN PATCHETT, Orange Prizewinning author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder
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A stunning read . . . beautiful [and] devastating. - SIMON MAYO, BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB
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Kevin Powers
Kevin Powers' first novel, The Yellow Birds, won the Guardian First Book Award, the PEN/Hemingway Award, and was a National Book Award Finalist. His poetry collection, Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting, was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and Forward Prize. His second novel, A Shout in the Ruins, was published in 2018.
Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, he graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University and holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a Michener Fellow in Poetry. He served in the US Army in 2004 and 2005 in Mosul and Tal Afar, Iraq.
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