{"product_id":"kevin-powers-the-yellow-birds-2012-trade-paperback","title":"Kevin Powers: The Yellow Birds [2012] trade paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e FIRST BOOK AWARD 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE HEMINGWAY\/PEN AWARD 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN AMAZON EDITOR'S PICK: BEST BOOKS OF 2012 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eEVENING STANDARD\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY EXPRESS\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY HERALD\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unforgettable depiction of the psychological impact of war, by a young Iraq veteran and poet, THE YELLOW BIRDS is already being hailed as a modern classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverywhere John looks, he sees Murph.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe flinches when cars drive past. His fingers clasp around the rifle he hasn't held for months. Wide-eyed strangers praise him as a hero, but he can feel himself disappearing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack home after a year in Iraq, memories swarm around him: bodies burning in the crisp morning air. Sunlight falling through branches; bullets kicking up dust; ripples on a pond wavering like plucked strings. The promise he made, to a young man's mother, that her son would be brought home safely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith THE YELLOW BIRDS, poet and veteran Kevin Powers has composed an unforgettable account of friendship and loss. It vividly captures the desperation and brutality of war, and its terrible after-effects. But it is also a story of love, of great courage, and of extraordinary human survival. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on families at home, THE YELLOW BIRDS is one of the most haunting, true and powerful novels of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'THE YELLOW BIRDS is the \u003ci\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/i\u003e of America's Arab Wars.'\u003cbr\u003e(Tom Wolfe, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/i\u003e )\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Kevin Powers has conjured a poetic and devastating account of war's effect on the individual.'\u003cbr\u003e(Damian Lewis, star of Homeland and Band of Brothers )\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Inexplicably beautiful'.\u003cbr\u003e(Ann Patchett, Orange Prize-winning author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Powers, Kevin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51525600313683,"sku":"9781444765434","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":51524454449491,"sku":"XG81444765434","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52352695140691,"sku":"XV81444765434","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/powers-kevin-kevin-powers-the-yellow-birds-2012-trade-paperback-1182628126.jpg?v=1762876048","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/kevin-powers-the-yellow-birds-2012-trade-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}