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Informationen zum Autor Ana Menéndez is a 2008 Fulbright scholar and the Pushcart Prize-winning author of two works of fiction, In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd , which was a New York Times Notable Book, and Loving Che . She has worked as a columnist for the Miami Herald and has also contributed to The New Republic , the New York Times , and Gourmet , as well as several anthologies. She lives in Miami, Florida. Klappentext A breathtaking novel of love, war, and betrayal Flash, a photojournalist, chases conflicts around the globe with her war correspondent husband, Brando. Now Brando is in Iraq, awaiting her arrival. Yet instead of racing to join him, Flash idles in Istanbul, vaguely aware that her marriage is faltering. Losing herself in a fog of memory and recrimination, Flash ponders her life with the ambitious and handsome husband she calls "Wonderboy." Her malaise is compounded by the arrival of a mysterious letter informing her that Brando has been unfaithful to her in Baghdad. Devastated and unwilling to confront him over the phone, Flash spirals deeper into regret, anger, and indecision. Were she and Brando ever happy? Wandering the strange, shimmering streets of Istanbul, Flash is followed by a woman in a black abaya—Alexandra, a fierce and captivating colleague who shared dangerous days with the couple in Afghanistan. Their meeting rekindles long-buried secrets and forces Flash to face hard truths about her marriage, her husband, and herself. The Last War is a haunting and intense novel that reveals the personal costs of combat journalism while probing crucial questions of cruelty and violence, love and identity. Zusammenfassung "Exquisitely crafted. . . strikingly real and heartfelt." — Denver Post “[A] potent literary novel . . . A deft portrait of an estranged couple whose pain is veiled by the fog of war.” — People A breathtaking novel of love, war, and betrayal from the critically acclaimed author of Loving Che and the New York Times Notable Book, In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd . From the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq to the strange, shimmering streets of Istanbul, The Last War is a “seductive meditation” ( O, The Oprah Magazine ) on cruelty and violence, love and identity from Pushcart Prize-winning author Ana Menéndez. ...
