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Larry Heinemann Biography

Novelist

Larry Heinemann is an American novelist known for his war novels. His works often focus on the impact of war on individuals and society, and are praised for their profound emotion and delicate narration.

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“The Afghansti have caused a great many people a great deal of grief and have themselves suffered - for a lie, let us not forget - the same ways we in the United States have caused much suffering in Southeast Asia, and have also suffered much in return, also for a lie. It was no small betrayal, no small lesson for a man to learn at the age of 19. Any soldier returning home must rediscover his humanity and establish a livable peace with the discovered, liberated, permanently dark places in his own heart -the darkness that is always with us.”

“Any soldier returning home must rediscover his humanity and establish a livable peace with the discovered, liberated, permanently dark places in his own heart -- the darkness that is always with us.”

Heart Home Humanity Dark Darkness Soldier Liberated Dark Places Returning Home

Author:Larry Heinemann

“Brian Turner has given us not so much a memoir as a mediation, rendered with grace and wit and wisdom. If you want to know what modern soldiers see when they look at their world, read this book.”

Ifs Knows World Want Looks Book Given Grace Modern Soldier Wit Memoir Brian Mediation Turner Wit And Wisdom

Author:Larry Heinemann

About the Author

Born: 1944
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 3

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