Name: Deep River
Price: 20.05 EUR
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Author: Karl Marlantes
ISBN: 9780802148971

Type

Physical Book

Author

Karl Marlantes

Publisher

Grove Press

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

736

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8 x 13.7 x 4.3 cm

Weight

0.79 kg.

ISBN13

9780802148971

Synopsis "Deep River "

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Matterhorn and What It Is Like to Go to War, a rich family saga about Finnish immigrants who settle and tame the Pacific Northwest, set against the early labor movements, World War I, and the upheaval of early twentieth-century America Karl Marlantes's debut novel Matterhorn has been hailed as a modern classic of war literature. In his new novel, Deep River, Marlantes turns to another mode of storytelling--the family epic--to craft a stunningly expansive narrative of human suffering, courage, and reinvention. In the early 1900s, as the oppression of Russia's imperial rule takes its toll on Finland, the three Koski siblings--Ilmari, Matti, and the politicized young Aino--are forced to flee to the United States. Not far from the majestic Columbia River, the siblings settle among other Finns in a logging community in southern Washington, where the first harvesting of the colossal old-growth forests begets rapid development, and radical labor movements begin to catch fire. The brothers face the excitement and danger of pioneering this frontier wilderness--climbing and felling trees one-hundred meters high--while Aino, foremost of the books many strong, independent women, devotes herself to organizing the industry's first unions. As the Koski siblings strive to rebuild lives and families in an America in flux, they also try to hold fast to the traditions of a home they left behind. Layered with fascinating historical detail, this is a novel that breathes deeply of the sun-dappled forest and bears witness to the stump-ridden fields the loggers, and the first waves of modernity, leave behind. At its heart, Deep River is an ambitious and timely exploration of the place of the individual, and of the immigrant, in an America still in the process of defining its own identity.

Karl Marlantes

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Karl Marlantes (Astoria, Oregon, 1944) is an American writer and war veteran, known for his deep exploration of the war experience and its consequences. A Yale graduate and Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, he served as a Marine infantry lieutenant in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Navy Cross, the Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation Medals for valor, two Purple Hearts, and ten Air Medals. His combat experience and subsequent struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder have significantly influenced his literary work.

His first novel, Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War (2010), based on his experiences, was critically acclaimed and received awards such as the Colby Award and the W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction. He followed with What It Is Like to Go to War (2011), a non-fiction work about the experience of combat and reintegration into civilian life, and Deep River (2019), a family saga about Finnish immigrants in the northwest United States. In 2024 he published Cold Victory, set during the Cold War. His writing is characterized by an intense and reflective narrative on war, identity, and human resilience.

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