An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us - Couverture souple

Carroll, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 039585993X ISBN 13 : 9780395859933

Editeur : Mariner Books, 1997

Synopsis

An American Requiem A former priest describes his clash with his father, an Air Force general, over the Vietnam War and the issues that divided families at the time.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

An American Requiem is the story of one man's coming of age. But more than that, it is a coming to terms with the conflicts that disrupted many families, inflicting personal wounds that were also social, political, and religious. Carroll grew up in a Catholic family that seemed blessed. His father had abandoned his own dream of becoming a priest to rise through the ranks of Hoover's FBI and then become one of the most powerful men in the Pentagon, the founder of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Young Jim lived the privileged life of a general's son, dating the daughter of a vice president and meeting the pope, all in the shadow of nuclear war, waiting for the red telephone to ring in his parents' house. He worshiped his father until Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights movement, turmoil in the Catholic Church, and then Vietnam combined to outweigh the bond between father and son. These were issues on which they would never agree. Only after Carroll left the priesthood to become a writer and husband with children of his own did he come to understand fully the struggles his father had faced. In this work of nonfiction, the best-selling novelist draws on the skills he honed with nine much-admired novels to tell the story he was, literally, born to tell. An American Requiem is a benediction on his father's life, his family's struggles, and the legacies of an entire generation.

Revue de presse

"Autobiography at its best." Publishers Weekly

"A tragic, moving book about a family torn apart by the Vietnam War, a young man looking for God, a writer finding his voice." -- Boston Magazine

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 039585993X
• ISBN 13: 9780395859933
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296