Powers, Kevin

A masterly meditation on our unbreakable connection to a world predicated on cyclical violence. [See Prepub Alert, 11/6/17.]

Following his Iraq War-set The Yellow Birds, a National Book Award finalist, Powers shifts to the Civil War and its enduring consequences for American society...

Since the World War I poets, Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owens, few poets have captured life in the war zone. Powers does so vividly and eloquently while showing the emotional costs that soldiers suffer during battle and after returning stateside. A poetry book that demands an audience.

Thoughtful and analytical, the novel resonates as an accurate and deeply felt portrayal of the effects of post-combat syndrome as experienced by soldiers in the disorienting war in Iraq. While the battle scenes are effectively dramatized, the main character's inner turmoil is the focal point of this well-done novel. [See Prepub Alert, 3/22/12.]