{"product_id":"pumpkinflowers-a-soldiers-story-of-a-forgotten-war-paperback","title":"Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story of a Forgotten War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatti Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A book about young men transformed by war, written by a veteran whose dazzling literary gifts gripped my attention from the first page to the last.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Friedman's sober and striking new memoir . . .  is] on a par with Tim O'Brien's \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003c\/i\u003e -- its Israeli analog.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It was just one small hilltop in a small, unnamed war in the late 1990s, but it would send out ripples that are still felt worldwide today. The hill, in Lebanon, was called the Pumpkin; \u003ci\u003eflowers\u003c\/i\u003e was the military code word for \"casualties.\" Award-winning writer Matti Friedman re-creates the harrowing experience of a band of young Israeli soldiers charged with holding this remote outpost, a task that would change them forever, wound the country in ways large and small, and foreshadow the unwinnable conflicts the United States would soon confront in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePumpkinflowers\u003c\/i\u003e is a reckoning by one of those young soldiers now grown into a remarkable writer. Part memoir, part reportage, part history, Friedman's powerful narrative captures the birth of today's chaotic Middle East and the rise of a twenty-first-century type of war in which there is never a clear victor and media images can be as important as the battle itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Raw and beautifully rendered, \u003ci\u003ePumpkinflowers\u003c\/i\u003e will take its place among classic war narratives by George Orwell, Philip Caputo, and Tim O'Brien. It is an unflinching look at the way we conduct war today.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42166415523975,"sku":"9781616206918","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/84bf6821b645c9b0c0958d33ae7c4cef.webp?v=1733320661","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/pumpkinflowers-a-soldiers-story-of-a-forgotten-war-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}