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The long aftermath Sep 04, 2011
By Ronald L. Donaghe
Viet Nam's legacy well over 30 years after it ended for the US is long lasting, and in the same way that we remember and perhaps want to settle in our minds, Ronald J. Wichers' book On the Fault stays with me. It has been five years since I've read it, but I frequently pull it off the shelf and read parts of it to guests. I run a writer's workshop, as well as teach writers how to edit their own work, and when I get to description and how it provides the red meat of a story, I always turn to two parts in Wichers' work: pages 83-85 and 94-97. I'll go ahead and tell you what this is. Joe Hearns, a wounded vet from Viet Nam has lost most of his left arm, and in the VA hospital where he is recovering, he has to have his stump cleaned and put into a cast. I've not read a more teeth-gritting description in any other work of fiction. And this book is filled with fresh, clear description, as well as snappy dialog, along with grim humor, and it authoritatively captures an era and the long aftermath of Viet Nam. It is not a war story. It is a story of just how much loss one human being can endure, and the loss of a limb is just a symbol of the real loss. But it is not a sad tale. It's inspirational and genuine.
Ronald L. Donaghe, winner of the James Duggins' "Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist" award, 2008
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