Mekong Delta Blues - Ballard, James
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Mekong Delta Blues by James Ballard is basically a story about love in the face of war. It is inspired by the author's wartime experiences as a medic. Murder, love, death, chaos, drug abuse, betrayal are some of the themes in the story. As the Vietnam War escalates, the counterculture arrives in 1960s California. Johnny Ornowoski and his girlfriend, Cecelia, are immersed in the changing times and their newfound love. When these currents collide, the young lovers are confronted with a bad set of options. Their lives are irrevocably disrupted. No longer able to avoid the draft, Johnny is…mehr

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Mekong Delta Blues by James Ballard is basically a story about love in the face of war. It is inspired by the author's wartime experiences as a medic. Murder, love, death, chaos, drug abuse, betrayal are some of the themes in the story. As the Vietnam War escalates, the counterculture arrives in 1960s California. Johnny Ornowoski and his girlfriend, Cecelia, are immersed in the changing times and their newfound love. When these currents collide, the young lovers are confronted with a bad set of options. Their lives are irrevocably disrupted. No longer able to avoid the draft, Johnny is inducted into the army. After training as a medic, he is assigned to an infantry platoon in Vietnam. Uncertainty amidst the violence dominates Johnny's world. Will he survive the war? Will his girl wait for him? Bonds are formed with the young men in his platoon as they cope with their tours and come to place their trust in Johnny as their medic. As Johnny struggles to cope with the war, unexpected repercussions from his past trap him in a complicated web. Surviving Vietnam isn't the only obstacle to returning to the normal life he yearns for. Additionally, through language, imagery, and tone, the author takes the reader to: 1960s California, immersed in hippie culture, and 1960s Vietnam, immersed in a tragic war. For more info on the author, visit, james-ballard.net
Autorenporträt
James Ballard intimately knows the subject matter he explores in Poisoned Jungle. His tour as a medic in Vietnam's Mekong Delta altered the course of his life. War has consequences, and he has not only lived with them, but spent a lifetime examining the impact of Vietnam on his and other veterans' lives. In that regard, Poisoned Jungle, the author's first novel, is a work fifty years in the making. In his author's note, Ballard writes, "The impact of war is not only transformational on the human psyche-but ongoing." Retired from beekeeping, the author is free to pursue his passion for literature, reading and writing it. He has other works in progress and continues to write every day. For more information visit james-ballard.net.