Northern Lights

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Northern Lights

novel by O’Brien

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Tim O’Brien
Return from the war, journalism career, and early books
…of the two protagonists in Northern Lights (1975) is a wounded war hero. Set in an isolated, snow-covered part of Minnesota during a disastrous cross-country ski trip, the novel is an examination of courage. Going After Cacciato (1978), which won a National Book Award, follows both a soldier who abandons…
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…of the two protagonists in Northern Lights (1975) is a wounded war hero. Set in an isolated, snow-covered part of Minnesota during a disastrous cross-country ski trip, the novel is an examination of courage. Going After Cacciato (1978), which won a National Book Award, follows both a soldier who abandons…
Read More