Prisoners of War
Prisoners of War by Steve Yarbrough, published by Knopf on January 20, 2004, is a novel set in a Mississippi farming town during World War II. The narrative follows Dan Timms as he grapples with the recent suicide of his father and the emotional turmoil of his mother while preparing for his own draft. Alongside a young black man named L.C., Dan drives a “rolling store” through the Delta, where German soldiers now work the plantations. The story intricately weaves themes of family, history, and the personal conflicts arising from war.
Readers will find a vivid exploration of the struggles faced by individuals caught in the crossfire of global and local conflicts. The novel delves into the relationships between characters as they navigate their roles in a society marked by racial and social tensions. With a focus on the internal and external battles of its characters, Prisoners of War presents a nuanced portrayal of a nation grappling with its identity during a tumultuous period. This edition spans 304 pages and is written in English, offering a compelling look at the complexities of war and its impact on personal lives.
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Set in a Mississippi farming town, Steve Yarbrough’s new novel is–as the Washington Post said of his Visible Spirits–a “skillful interweaving of complicated relationships to family and history,” here related in a story of wars both global and local, and the prisoners of each.
In 1943, Dan Timms awaits being drafted away from the memory of his father’s recent suicide, the guilt and sorrow of his mother, and the protection of his enterprising uncle, for whom he and a young black man called L.C. drive a “rolling store” through the Delta, its plantations now worked by German soldiers whose fighting days are over. As they would seem to be for Dan’s friend Marty Stark, returned mysteriously from the front and reassigned to guard men he had been trained to kill. But for L.C., a danger more immediate than the one looming overseas is the society into which he was born . . .
With escape a fervent dream shared by almost everyone, Prisoners of War is a vivid examination of an eternal conflict–between the powerful and those with only the pride of the as-yet-unvanquished–and a subtle, disturbing portrait of a nation at war with itself.
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