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Flanders by Patricia Anthony

A harrowing and beautiful novel, demonstrating -- again -- that Patricia Anthony is one of our great writers. -- Publishers Weekly

In this gritty look at World War I's trench warfare, a young American sharpshooter ventures into no man's land each night to be ready by daybreak for the grim business of slaying record numbers of enemies. But Travis Lee Stanhope, a Texan serving with an English unit, is haunted by ghosts of the men he's killed as well as those of his fallen comrades. As he hovers on the brink of a transcendent experience, Travis gradually realizes that although he is surrounded by death, his true mission is related to life.
A New York Times and American Library Association Notable Book, this tale was acclaimed by Booklist as a haunting, sometimes almost hallucinatory, yet surprising war novel and by Kirkus Reviews as mesmerizing . highly textured and brimming with insight.

Flanders ranks close to All Quiet on the Western Front in its impact. -- San Francisco Chronicle

Anthony's subtle and innovative storytelling reaches a new plane in her latest novel, a foray into magical realism that contrasts the waking hell of war with the fragile peace of eternity. -- Library Journal

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Patricia Anthony (1947-2013) is noted for her slipstream fiction, which crosses conventional boundaries between science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. In 1992 she published her first science-fiction novel, Cold Allies, which recounts the arrival of extraterrestrials during World War III. Her subsequent stories moved further and further from traditional science fiction, culminating in the 1998 novel Flanders, which resides in the realm of magical realism.
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ISBN 13 9780486838656
ISBN 10 048683865X
Title Flanders
Author Patricia Anthony
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Dover Publications Inc.
Year published 2019-11-30
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.