Amazon comAlbert French's two previous novels Billy and Holly have both received widespread critical acclaim, and French has been hailed as "one of America's most important new novelists " But French's first literary opus was not originally received with such praise, it was rejected by publishers and never before in print This first одххр book was a memoir of his experience as a soldier in Vietnam, and while it did not result in literary success, it led up to it Writing his story proved to be a transformative experience for French, unleashing his creative abilities and resulting in a successful pair of novels that he wrote in short order and to great acclaim In Patches of Fire, French has rewritten his original personal narrative, including the interesting story of how he began to write and the redemptive role writing played in overcoming the despair that threatened to overwhelm his life after Vietnam The book falls into two parts: the first, the unsentimental story of an infantryman in the jungles of Vietnam; the second, a moving description of how this Vietnam veteran pulled his life together and found his voice and creative impulse The writing is expert and the book, excellent Book DescriptionPatches of Fire is Albert French's deeply personal memoir of a young black man's Vietnam War experience He is witness to death and hardship beyond his reasoning, and returns home only to find an America rife with racial tension after Martin Luther King Jr 's assassination In an atmosphere of hatred for the war and its participants, French labors to overcome the haunting images of war that plague him, and to make his way in white America He finds work as a newspaper photographer, then as a magazine publisher, and finally as a critically acclaimednovelist French relates with vivid detail the trials of war, the struggles of a Vietnam veteran, and the ultimate redemption of a life filled with accomplishment.  Эта книга2005 г 241 стр ISBN 0822958872.