Northern Lights

The action in ''Northern Lights'' takes place not in Vietnam but back in the USA, as Tim O''Brien explores the after-effects of that war - on those who served, and those they left behind. Set in the frozen wilderness of north Minnesota, it concerns two brothers, one who served in Vietnam, and has returned tough, cynical and world-weary; and the other who stayed at home. When they take off on a long skiing trip together through the frozen woods, they quickly get lost in a blizzard, and are tested to their limits as they face a battle against the elements and each other.

About the author

Tim O’Brien was born in Minnesota and graduated from Macalester College in St Paul. He established himself as one of the leading writers of his generation in 1973 when he published ‘If I Die In A Combat Zone’, the compelling account of his own tour of duty in Vietnam, and is widely regarded as the finest novelist the Vietnam War has produced.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Brien, O&apos, Tim O’Brien, Tim O'Brien
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.11.1998
• EAN: 9780006551485
• ISBN: 978-0-00-655148-5
• No. of pages: 362
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Vietnam War fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary