Viet Man, by D.S. Lliteras
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Viet Man, by D.S. Lliteras
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Viet Man is about the transformation of a young man whoenlisted in the Navy during the Viet Nam War, was trained as ahospital corpsman, was transferred into the Marine Corps, thensent to Viet Nam where he joined the elite First Recon.It is a first person narrative of alternating episodes experiencedin the rear and in the bush. In the rear, Doc encountersa straw-haired mid-western farm boy who shows him how toprepare a meal of long-rats, and Loopie, a Puerto Rican fromthe Bronx who shares a guilt-torn confession that borders onconfabulation. In the bush, Doc experiences the terror of accidentallyreleasing a live grenade among his men, of rushing torescue a wounded marine, and of sharing a quiet conversationin a bunker with Trang, a South Vietnamese soldier.After being assigned to the Recon Dive Team and attendingthe Navy diving school in the Philip-pines, he returns to Viet Namwere he engages in numerous combat dives and river operations.At the end of his tour, he is processed out of the military.And upon his return to his hometown as a veteran, he facesa jarring reception of insolence, indifference, and fragmentedflashbacks. In Viet Man, D.S. Lliteras unlocks the inner mystery ofa man’s combat experience. It is poetic and haunting, authenticand amusing. It is a story told by a man who ultimately survivesthe war and returns to his homeland, but another country willforever dwell in his soul.
Viet Man, by D.S. Lliteras- Amazon Sales Rank: #838157 in Books
- Brand: Lliteras, D. S.
- Published on: 2015-03-27
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x 1.10" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 208 pages
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"[An] absorbing, gritty military novel . . . [Lliteras] wins the reader's admiration with his loyalty to and compassion for his battle-mauled patients . . . [he] spins his first-person narrative with laconic prose and acerbic wit . . . [an] accomplished novel."
(Publishers Weekly)"[Viet Man] is forcefully written, a nice mix of style and subject, and it has much to say about life and death and war and peace . . . Fine war fiction from a writer who's been there."
(Booklist)About the Author
D. S. LLITERAS is the author of ten books that have received national acclaim. He has served with the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the Norfolk Fire Department. He has a BA and MFA from Florida State University and is a member of the IAFF.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. `Sentiment revealed weakness, and weakness was a door not to be opened' By Grady Harp D.S. Lliteras has looked at the 20th century and found it wanting. Or rather, the audience for excellent literature has yet to recognize his importance so perhaps it is we, the wanters, who are still lost, searching for a voice to define the last fifty or so years. His credentials are impressive: he has written twelve books since 1992, his first novels were biblical in nature and while they gained accolades from the press it was only when he decided to enter and relate that part of his psyche that was most vulnerable that his books burst into significance. Lliteras joined the US Navy after high school and became a corpsman assigned to the USMC First Reconnaissance Battalion First Marine Division near DaNang, winning a Bronze Star for valor. He was trained as a diver and further endured the Vietnam War in that role. Following his discharge from the USN he gained his BA and MA in Fine Arts from Florida State University and worked as a theatrical director until 1979, resigning to become a merchant sailor. In 1881 he aligned with the USN as a deep sea diving and salvage officer, following which he resigned his naval commission and became a professional firefighter. And yes, all of this is pertinent to the content of this, his newest and most brilliant book.There are many novels written about all aspects of the Vietnam War - some famous for recreating the atmosphere of that major mistake in US history both in the ill-defined battle ground of Vietnam and in the rebellion by those in the US who either violently protested the war or ran away from it to Canada - but to date this reader (who served in Vietnam from 1968 - 1970 in the same region as the author assigned by the USN to the USMC, etc) has not encountered a novel that breathes the humid musky air of that jungle war so accurately as does Lliteras' VIET MAN: even the title is telling - about the mixed emotions of participating in that war. As a corpsman Lliteras takes us through his arrival in Danang, his preparation for recon search and destroy missions with the Marines, his response to every aspect of that robbed year of service, the terror of near death episodes, the ever-present paranoia of not knowing where the `enemy' was, the physical exhaustion of patrols and combat encounters, yet he also shows a very human aspect of the interdependence among his marines, the humor, the use of drugs and other escape hatches to breathe outside the line of fire if only for moments, and the bonding with men on whom to depend for protection while he provided medical readiness for the results of engagement.But one aspect (of many) that makes his book so rich and so real is his extraordinarily literate ability to place his descriptions of thoughts poetically while relating the acrid details of the war zone thinking in piercingly penetrating, sharp prose. He compares `Patrol Reports' (set on gray sheets and all in military terminology) with his relating from a corpsman's mind and memory what really happened. This attention to both feelings and observed details is what makes the book more credible - and it is that combination that makes his eventual return to the US to find a country that seems to disregard him as a meaningless non-existent piece of unnecessary reminder dung that we all felt when returning `home' to the country for whom we had placed our lives on hold in a zone of persistent cerebral damage we are still feeling - it is that aspect that has been missing.What VIET MAN offers us is not only a work worthy of literary accolades, but a tribute to a time when the world was confused and tenuous - and we have never been able to understand why, until now, where between the covers of this book we find our own Wilfred Owen. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, April 15
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A terrific story of combat and the combat veteran! By Scott Drake D.S. Lliteras is a helluva writer! "Viet Man" is his best book to date. It is a raw account of combat written with tenderness of spirit, yet tenderness without sentimentality. We are so immersed in the details of going on and off patrols and the attendant “take it as it comes” sense of danger that the hero becomes almost an anti-hero, stripped as he is of any desire to play the hero role. Yet he is a hero, both because of what he does, and more importantly (and artistically) what he doesn’t do. Thankfully, and to Lliteras' credit, there are no unnecessary pyrotechnics. I’d say HM3 Lenares is an unadorned hero, which is a remarkable achievement in style (beautifully bare), plot, and characterization.I was fascinated by the Patrol Reports. They both pulled me into the story more and reinforced Lenares’ characterization created through his recounting of patrol stories. Really well done!The end of the novel was at once a relief and an aggravation. The relief is how the hero sorts out his disorientation - his anger, guilt, and fear - of being a combat veteran. The aggravation is that for 40 years of Viet Nam War film and literature we have rarely had so much said about a returning combat vet in so common yet psychologically complex scenes, such as simply trying to have a meal. This alone is reason enough to recommend "Viet Man" to anyone who wants to know what being a combat vet is all about.The “Introspection” chapter is one of the best pieces of writing I’ve read anywhere about war. Other than Lliteras' haiku in "In a Warrior’s Romance," “Introspection” is his single best piece of writing.D.S. Lliteras a great writer! For all of us readers, please keep writing!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Powerful reading, thoroughly engrossing By Marcia Hawkins I very recently read D.S. Lliteras' book Viet Man and it really took me back to 1969/70. My perspective on the Viet Nam conflict was that of a college student (yes, I protested – vigorously.) Now that father time has provided me at least a little maturity and the ability to see “the other side” I really appreciated learning what it must have been like for many service men and women during that era. Lliteras details what it was like to go to Viet Nam, survive there, and then return home. We have many varied experiences and viewpoints in our ranks and I think Lliteras certainly captures what it must have been like for some of the military “in country.” His semi-autobiographical novel captures the essence of the experience from the perspective of a field medic and sometimes tunnel rat - chilling and insightful. I was hooked after the first 10 pages. Powerful reading, especially for a confirmed “peacenik.”
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