An edition of Dispatches (1977)

Despachos de guerra

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An edition of Dispatches (1977)

Despachos de guerra

  • 4.3 (11 ratings) ·
  • 98 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 16 Have read

Cuando Michael Herr fue a Vietnam en 1967 como corresponsal de Esquire era un escritor prácticamente desconocido. Pero fue unánimemente alabado tras publicar su famoso artículo «Sorbos infernales», y su reputación fue en aumento con la progresiva aparición de más trabajos suyos. Despachos de guerra confirmó lo que ya sabían sus primeros admiradores: nadie ha escrito ni es probable que llegue a escribir de modo tan elocuente, vigoroso y aterrador sobre lo que fue combatir (y sobrevivir) en aquella guerra espectral. Se han escrito muchos libros sobre Vietnam, pero este libro es único: es una obra de valor perenne que figurará entre los mejores textos sobre hombres en guerra. Esta obra maestra del nuevo periodismo recibió el Premio Internacional de la Prensa en 1978.

«Leído ahora, se descubre que ha sobrevivido a todas las vanguardias, a todas las tendencias: es, sencillamente, periodismo y del mejor» (Guillermo Altares, El País).

«Aún el libro de referencia sobre la guerra del Vietnam, una recreación acid rock de El corazón de las tinieblas» (Santiago Segurola, El Mundo).

Publish Date
Publisher
Anagrama
Language
Spanish
Pages
296

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Dispatches
Dispatches
Jan 01, 2015, Picador, imusti
paperback
Cover of: Despachos de guerra
Despachos de guerra
2013, Anagrama
Tapa blanda in Spanish
Cover of: Dispatches
Dispatches
December 1998, MacMillan
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
Cover of: Dispatches
Dispatches
1991, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage International ed.
Cover of: Dispatches
Dispatches
1980, Avon Books
Cover of: Dispatches
Dispatches
1978, Avon
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Dispatches
Dispatches
1978, Avon, Avon Books
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Dispatches
Dispatches
1977, Avon Books
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
Barcelona
Series
Otra vuelta de tuerca, 39
Translation Of
Dispatches
Translated From
English

Contributors

Translator
Ángela Pérez Gömez
Translator
José Manuel Älvarez Flórez

The Physical Object

Format
Tapa blanda
Number of pages
296

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL35641090M
Internet Archive
despachosdeguerr0000herr
ISBN 10
8433976206
ISBN 13
9788433976208

Work Description

Written on the front lines in Vietnam, Dispatches became an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977. From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal insanity of life in that singular combat zone. Michael Herr’s unsparing, unorthodox retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, rendering clarity from one of the most incomprehensible and nightmarish events of our time. Dispatches is among the most blistering and compassionate accounts of war in our literature.

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