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In Country (Curley Large Print Books) [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Bobby Ann Mason (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 434 pages
  • Publisher: Chivers North America; Largeprint edition (1985)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1555040721
  • ISBN-13: 978-1555040727
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Welcome to the postmodern South, 17 Aug 2001
This review is from: In Country (Paperback)
Behind its postmodern facade of M.A.S.H. episodes and Bruce Springsteen lyrics In Country is a detective story in which Mason's teenage narrator seeks the truth about the father she has never known (he was killed in Vietnam). However, as she puts the pieces of her father's past together, she learns not only about him but about her whole family, the vietnam war and its consequences, but most of all she learns about herself, and as such In Country becomes a rite-of-passage into adulthood.

In this novel as in her other works Mason continues to explore the meaning of the past, the present, and the continuity of time.

A great read which will grow on you for a long time after you have finished it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on psychological effects of the war, 7 Oct 1999
This review is from: In Country (Paperback)
In Country is not only a very pleasant book but it has a magic power and manages to turn the reader into a character. It also concerns a wide range of public from Vietnam veterans to anyone who lost a relative in a war. The language used by the characters is quite interesting and real!!! It is a great book and B.A. Mason is one of the best contemporary American Writers.
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4.0 out of 5 stars It's a great story, but you must be patient, it can be slow., 31 Aug 1999
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This review is from: In Country (Paperback)
"In Country," by Bobbie Anne Mason is a great story about a girl that lost her father in the Vietnam War. She lived a wild life without a father. Her mother living nearby, but her, in her late teens, lives with her uncle. She has no discipline, yet gets along well. Her main strugle throughout the book is finding out what Vietnam was really like. She also wants to know what her father was like, since she never even met him. Her uncle, was in the war, but he made it home alive. Sam, the young girl, is worried about her uncle, scared that he has Agent Orange. All she has is him, and she doesn't want to lose him to the war too. All of this takes place in the early 80's. She is dealing with the past, in the future. Some things just never go away. There is so much more to this book, and if you love to read books about Vietnam or even just like to read, then I would recomend this story. It's not too long, and wouldn't take up too much time. Sometimes the book moves rather slowly, and you must be patient with it. The main theme from the book is that things in the past, really do still effect us today.
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1.0 out of 5 stars This book was way to drawn out and boring!
I my opinion, this book could have been done and over with in under 150 pages. It was so repetitive. I couldn't help but get bored by it. And the characters. Read more
Published on 12 Aug 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars This book was way to drawn out and boring!
I my opinion, this book could have been done and over with in under 150 pages. It was so repetitive. I couldn't help but get bored by it. And the characters. Read more
Published on 12 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent, entertaining work of literature
With so many bad contemporary novels hitting the best seller lists these days reading In Country was a breath of fresh air. Mason creates well-rounded, unique characters. Read more
Published on 11 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars It had a good effect on me.
I read In Country in 1992. It was an engaging book that treated the characters honestly. The main character Sam is begining to blossom as a person and wants to finally find out... Read more
Published on 7 Jun 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars This book makes no sense!
Bobbie Ann Mason creates characters with which most people cannot identify. This gives little insight (although it claims to give much) into the real Vietnam. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book from start to finish!
I thought that In Country was very well written. I especially loved that fact that Mason told the story through Sam's point of view. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars It's 1984 all over again
It's hard for me to believe that a book written in 1985 is a period piece, but that's how I reacted to it. It seems so removed from today. Read more
Published on 30 Jan 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars A teenagers discoveries about Vietnam
Sam is a girl who is torn between her mother and her uncle. Throughtout the book Sam makes a lot of discoveries about herself, her family, and about Vietnam. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars This was a nice story about finding yourself
In this book by Bobbie Ann Mason, a young girl named Sam Hughes struggles in life to find out about her father,and the history of the Vietnam War. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars For a teenager, the book was great!
I enjoyed the book very much. Though, it was not one of my favorite books, I did enjoy it. I could relate very much to Sam and her life. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 1999

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