{"product_id":"the-farther-shore-9781571310576","title":"The Farther Shore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Short, sharp, devastating, \u003cem\u003eThe Farther Shore\u003c\/em\u003e is a literary machine gun . . . a winning debut that happens to be a war novel.\" --\u003cem\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small unit of soldiers from the US Army is separated from their command and left for dead. Their only option is to keep moving, in hope that they'll escape the marauding gangs and clansmen who appear to rule the city. Josh, a young soldier, and his \"battle buddies\" are left to wander in this hostile territory. A series of nightmarish, often violent encounters leaves only a few of them alive. \u003cem\u003eThe Farther Shore\u003c\/em\u003e is a short, stark war novel in which the characters are both haunting and inhuman, natives and invaders alike. The emerging story reflects a new kind of military engagement, with all the attendant horrors and difficulties of fighting in a strange new postmodern battlefield. In his unforgettable debut novel, Matthew Eck puts readers inside the mind of a confused young soldier caught in the fog of unexpected warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bold, profane, hallucinatory.\" --\u003cem\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Haunting . . . goes beyond the on-the-ground chaos of battle to capture the physical and psychological disorientation of modern war.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every word in Eck's first novel is as solid as a stone. Every moment of crisis feels authentic in its terror and tragedy; indeed, Eck served as a soldier in Somalia at age eighteen. Heir to Hemingway, and damn near as powerful as Cormac McCarthy in \u003cem\u003eThe Road\u003c\/em\u003e, Eck has created a contemporary version of \u003cem\u003eThe Red Badge of Courage\u003c\/em\u003e in this tale of one young man's trial by fire in the pandemonium of war in an age of high-tech weaponry and low-grade morality.\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The first great war novel of our generation.\" --\u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571310576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.59h x 6.38w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover Great New Writers - Second Place\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Society of Midland Authors Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/06\/2007 pg. 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2007 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2007 pg. 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2007 pg. 949\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/19\/2007 pg. 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/25\/2007 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2007 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2009\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Matthew Eck","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52147051659445,"sku":"9781571310576","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b70b192d-6585-4310-8fc3-fa31c15955ce.jpg?v=1767678666","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-farther-shore-9781571310576","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}