{"product_id":"despachos","title":"Dispatches","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt 27, Michael Herr lands in Saigon. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“I went to cover the war, and the war covered me.” \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA decade later, he publishes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDispatches\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, one of the most intense accounts of the Vietnam War, the conflict that shook the United States to its foundations, marking the end of a certain innocence. And\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethis book plunges us into episodes of extraordinary violence, and the reader feels spat into the very heart of the whirlwind, from Khe Sanh to the Mekong Delta, to the sound of Jimi Hendrix and the explosion of mortar shells. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWelcomed by the public as a genuine fresco of the war, it reveals, with coldness and lucidity, the portrait of the combatant’s most intimate drives. Relentless, Herr always tells us what we do not want to hear, confronts us with our ghosts and leaves us breathless. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBaring the absurd and monstrous dimension of the bellicose spirit, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDispatches\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e denounces the American incomprehension and resentment in the face of the unconquerable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antígona","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45211038384394,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/2729\/6266\/files\/DESPACHOS.jpg?v=1708440224","url":"https:\/\/www.malditalivraria.com\/en\/products\/despachos","provider":"Maldita Livraria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}