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The war tried to kill us in the spring," begins this breathtaking account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to protect each other from the forces that press in on every side: the insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that comes from constant danger. Bound together since basic training when their tough-as-nails Sergeant ordered Bartle to watch over Murphy, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for. As reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him and Bartle takes impossible actions.
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The Yellow Birds, Kevin Powers
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2012
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- Titel
- The Yellow Birds
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Kevin Powers
- Uitgever
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2012
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 226
- ISBN10
- 1444765434
- ISBN13
- 9781444765434
- Reeks
- Tags
- Fictie, Historische romans, Familie, Hedendaagse literatuur, Vriendschap, Oorlogsproza, Oorlogen, Leven, Verlies, Afghanistan, Irak
- Eerste editie
- 2012
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- The Yellow Birds
- Beoordeling
- 3,75 van 5
- Aantekening
- The war tried to kill us in the spring," begins this breathtaking account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to protect each other from the forces that press in on every side: the insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that comes from constant danger. Bound together since basic training when their tough-as-nails Sergeant ordered Bartle to watch over Murphy, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for. As reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him and Bartle takes impossible actions.