VIET MAN: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 12346615B82522
English Summary/英文概要： VIET MAN is about the transformation of a young man who enlisted in the Navy during the Vietnam War, was trained as a hospital corpsman, was transferred into the Marine Corps, then sent to Vietnam where he joined the elite First Recon.
It is a first person narrative of alternating episodes experienced in the rear and in the bush. In the rear, Doc encounters a straw-haired mid-western farm boy who shows him how to prepare a meal of long-rats, and Loopie, a Puerto Rican from the Bronx who shares a guilt-torn confession that borders on confabulation. In the bush, Doc experiences the terror of accidentally releasing a live grenade among his men, of rushing to rescue a wounded Marine, and of sharing a quiet conversation in a bunker with Trang, a South Vietnamese soldier.
After being assigned to the Recon Dive Team and attending the Navy diving school in the Philippines, he returns to Vietnam were he engages in numerous combat dives and river operations. At the end of his tour, he is processed out of the military. And upon his return to his hometown as a veteran, he faces a jarring reception of insolence, indifference, and fragmented flashbacks. In VIET MAN, D.S. Lliteras unlocks the inner mystery of a man’s combat experience. It is poetic and haunting, authentic and amusing. It is a story told by a man who ultimately survives the war and returns to his homeland, but another country will forever dwell in his soul.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《战在越南》讲述了一名入伍美国海军的年轻男子在参加越南战争后的改变故事，他曾作为海军医疗人员受训，后转入美海军陆战队，并被派往越南，加入了精英第一侦查小队。
全书以第一人称展开叙述，偶尔有后方及林间行动的经历描述。在后方，我们的医生曾遇到一名顶着一头乱发的中西部乡村少年，向他展示如何准备一顿长鼠大餐，而来自布朗克斯的波多黎各人鲁皮则为某种建立在虚构之上的忏悔之情饱受罪恶感的折磨。而在林间战场上，医生亲身经历了在自己的战友们之间拉响地雷的恐惧，经历了不顾一切冲出去只为拯救一名受伤的战友，以及在沙坑里与一名名为特朗的南越士兵静静交心交谈。
被派往侦查潜水队并参加位于菲律宾的海军圣学院后，他回到了越南，并投入到大量的潜水与河流作战中。最终他完成了这次军队之旅。只不过当他作为一名老兵回到故乡，迎接他的却是机械的接待，孤立以及冷漠的面孔，以及一次次突然的战时情景的闪回。在《战在越南》一书中，D•S•利特拉斯为我们揭开了一个男人征战历程背后的神秘。诗歌一般让人难忘，充满了真诚与小小的趣味。这名最终从战争中幸还并回归故里的老兵为我们娓娓道来他的故事，而另一个国家将永远埋藏在他的心底。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况："一部引人入胜同时充满艰辛的军事小说作品。。。。。。利特拉斯用他的忠诚于对受伤战士们的怜悯之情赢得了读者们对他的敬仰之情。。。。。。全文均以其第一人称的叙述展开，文风简洁亦不乏犀利与智慧。。。。。。总之这是一部十分精彩完善的小说作品。"(出版家周刊)
"全文强而有力，文风与主题完美融合，对于生与死，战争与和平，本文有太多需要表达。。。。。。作为一名曾经上过战场的作家而言，这是一部很棒的战争小说作品。"
"[An] absorbing, gritty military novel . . . [Lliteras] wins the reader’s admiration with his loyalty to and compassion for his battle-mauled patients . . . [he] spins his first-person narrative with laconic prose and acerbic wit . . . [an] accomplished novel."(Publishers Weekly)
"[Viet Man] is forcefully written, a nice mix of style and subject, and it has much to say about life and death and war and peace . . . Fine war fiction from a writer who’s been there."
About the Author/作者介绍： D•S•利特拉斯，作家，著有十部作品并在全国饱受赞誉。他曾服役于美国海军，美国海军陆战队及诺夫克火警部。作者拥有佛罗里达州立大学学士学位和硕士学位，并为国际消防人员协会会员。
D. S. LLITERAS is the author of ten books that have received national acclaim. He has served with the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the Norfolk Fire Department. He has a BA and MFA from Florida State University and is a member of the IAFF.
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