{"product_id":"redeployment-national-book-award-winner-paperback","title":"Redeployment: National Book Award Winner - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhil Klay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award for Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRedeployment\u003c\/i\u003e is hilarious, biting, whipsawing and sad. It's the best thing written so far on what the war did to people's souls.\" --Dexter Filkins, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelected as one of the best books of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e, Amazon, and more \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Phil Klay's\u003ci\u003e Redeployment \u003c\/i\u003etakes readers to the frontlines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking us to understand what happened there, and what happened to the soldiers who returned. Interwoven with themes of brutality and faith, guilt and fear, helplessness and survival, the characters in these stories struggle to make meaning out of chaos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \"Redeployment\", a soldier who has had to shoot dogs because they were eating human corpses must learn what it is like to return to domestic life in suburbia, surrounded by people \"who have no idea where Fallujah is, where three members of your platoon died.\" In \"After Action Report\", a Lance Corporal seeks expiation for a killing he didn't commit, in order that his best friend will be unburdened. A Morturary Affairs Marine tells about his experiences collecting remains--of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers both. A chaplain sees his understanding of Christianity, and his ability to provide solace through religion, tested by the actions of a ferocious Colonel. And in the darkly comic \"Money as a Weapons System\", a young Foreign Service Officer is given the absurd task of helping Iraqis improve their lives by teaching them to play baseball. These stories reveal the intricate combination of monotony, bureaucracy, comradeship and violence that make up a soldier's daily life at war, and the isolation, remorse, and despair that can accompany a soldier's homecoming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eRedeployment\u003c\/i\u003e has become a classic in the tradition of war writing. Across nations and continents, Klay sets in devastating relief the two worlds a soldier inhabits: one of extremes and one of loss. Written with a hard-eyed realism and stunning emotional depth, this work marks Phil Klay as one of the most talented new voices of his generation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhil Klay is a veteran of the US Marine Corps and the author of \u003ci\u003eRedeployment\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2014 National Book Award for Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eMissionaries\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named one of the Ten Best Books of 2020 by the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He currently teaches fiction at Fairfield University, and is a Board member for Arts in the Armed Forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52003357851949,"sku":"9780143126829","price":18.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/azFzK3ZLUVJKc29oaUZMNVJKV3pFZz09.webp?v=1776675029","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/redeployment-national-book-award-winner-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}