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In the Lake of the Woods

In the Lake of the Woods

by Tim O'Brien

First published to critical acclaim by Houghton Mifflin, Tim O’Brien’s celebrated classic In the Lake of the Woods now returns to the house in a gorgeous new Mariner paperback edition. This riveting novel of love and mystery from the author of The Things They Carried examines the lasting impact of the twentieth century’s legacy of violence and warfare, both at home and abroad. When... (more)

Top tags: fiction,  mystery,  contemporary fiction,  vietnam,  war (all tags)

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sthurner
  • Rated 5 stars

““In September, after the primary, they rented an old yellow cottage in the timber at the edge of Lake of the Woods.” So begins Tim O’Brien's 1994 novel of suspense, In The Lake of the Woods.

When I taught freshman English there was a sure way to sort out the students who liked to think about possibilities from those who wanted definite answers. The ones who courted imagination, and the ones who went after fact. It all depended on their reaction to the old short story by Frank...”

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1 of 1 members found this review helpful.
Gail N
  • Rated 1 stars

“Creepy. It felt hopeless throughout. I didn't trust that anything would work out well and so read it with loathing and fear. Sorry, it just wasn't a compelling read for me...I wanted to put it down many times, but I just like to finish books. This one, I just wanted it over with. I left this book exactly where I finished reading it, not wishing to pass it on.”

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  • Rated 3.816733 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

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  • Javacat

    javacat said:

    “O'Brien recommendations?

    I found this book subtely disturbing and wonderfully well written. Has anyone out there read more of O'Brien's work? Is there another that you would recommend?”

    posted Tuesday, May 15 2007
  • shkza

    shkza said:

    “i've read 'em all and there are a couple other o'brien books which are must reads. specifically, going after cacciato and the things they carried. more recent o'brien books have strayed - to thier considerable detriment - from what he does better than any other living writer: unflinchingly chronicle what it was like to be a soldier in vietnam. going after cacciato won the national book award and uses the war as a backdrop for an epic journey by a group of soldiers. the things they carried is a collection of loosely linked stories, which may well be o'brien's masterwork. i love in the lake of the woods without reservation, but i think these other two books made it possible and easily stand alongside it as some of the great fiction of the past 30 years. ”

    posted Saturday, May 19 2007

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