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050	0	0	_aDS79.766.T87 _bA3 2014
082	0	0	_a956.7044/342092 _aB _223
100	1		_aTurner, Brian, _d1967-
245	1	0	_aMy life as a foreign country / _cBrian Turner.
250			_aFirst American edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c2014.
300			_ax, 212 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520	2		_a"A war memoir of unusual literary beauty and power from the acclaimed poet who wrote the poem 'The Hurt Locker.' In 2003, Sergeant Brian Turner crossed the line of departure with a convoy of soldiers headed into the Iraqi desert. Now he lies awake each night beside his sleeping wife, imagining himself as a drone aircraft, hovering over the terrains of Bosnia and Vietnam, Iraq and Northern Ireland, the killing fields of Cambodia and the death camps of Europe. In this breathtaking memoir, award-winning poet Brian Turner retraces his war experience--pre-deployment to combat zone, homecoming to aftermath. Free of self-indulgence or self-glorification, his account combines recollection with the imagination's efforts to make reality comprehensible. Across time, he seeks parallels in the histories of others who have gone to war, especially his taciturn grandfather (World War II), father (Cold War), and uncle (Vietnam). Turner also offers something that is truly rare in a memoir of violent conflict--he sees through the eyes of the enemy, imagining his way into the experience of the 'other.' Through it all, he paints a devastating portrait of what it means to be a soldier and a human being"--Provided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aTurner, Brian, _d1967-
650		0	_aIraq War, 2003-2011 _vPersonal narratives, American.
650		0	_aSoldiers _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aWar _xPsychological aspects.
650		0	_aSoldiers _xPsychology.
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