From Klail City to Korea with love : two master works /

This volume brings together two important books in Rolando Hinojosa's lauded Klail City Death Trip series, a series that has frequently been compared to the work of William Faulkner and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The volume returns to familiar territory as Hinojosa continues his examination of lif...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hinojosa, Rolando (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houston : Arte Publico Press, [2017]
Series:Hinojosa, Rolando. Klail City death trip series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Korean love songs: The old army game ; Rookies under stress acting tough ; Friendly fire ; The evening shift (moving north) ; A sheaf of percussion fire (moving north) ; The eighth army at Chongchon ; Chinaman's hat (Hill 329) ; Rear guard action I, Nov.-Dec. 1950 ; Rear guard action II ; Raer guard action III ; Possession for all time ; The January-May 1951 slaughter ; Until further orders the 219th field is firing blind ; Night burial details ; Boston John McCreedy drinks with certain lewd men of the baser sort ; Incoming ; Above all, the waste ; New battery position ; Brodkey's replacement ; One solution ; Liquor rations ; Jacob Mosqueda wrestles with the angels ; Visiting hours ; Fit for duty ; Old friend ; Kone station ; Nagoya station ; Brief encounter ; At Sonny's and Tsuruko's ; Hiro Watanabe ; Sout to Nara ; The last day ; Up before the board ; A matter of supplies ; This is where we came in ; Vale.
  • Rites and witnesses : a comedy: Rites ; The witnesses.