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Nico Walker

    Nico Walkers debuutroman put uit zijn intense ervaringen in een oorlogsgebied. Zijn stijl is rauw en direct, en weerspiegelt de harde realiteiten waarmee hij te maken kreeg. Walkers schrijven verkent thema's als verlies, identiteit en de zoektocht naar betekenis te midden van extreme omstandigheden. Zijn werk resoneert met authenticiteit en biedt een uniek perspectief op menselijke veerkracht.

    Nico Walker
    Cherry
    • Cherry

      • 336bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      It's 2003, and as a college freshman in Cleveland, our narrator is adrift until he meets Emily. The two of them experience an instant, life-changing connection. But when he almost loses her, he chooses to make an indelible statement: he joins the Army. The outcome will not be good for either of them. As a medic in Iraq, he is unprepared for the realtys that await him. He and his fellow soldiers huff computer duster, abuse painkillers and watch porn. Many of them die. When he comes home, his PTSD is profound. As the opioid crisis sweeps through the Midwest, it drags both him and Emily along with it. As their addictions worsen, and with their money drying up, he stumbles onto what seems like the only possible solution: robbing banks.

      Cherry2018
      3,5