Reflections on Captivity A Tapestry of Stories by a Vietnam War POW

 
Reflections on Captivity A Tapestry of Stories by a Vietnam War POW
Free Download Reflections on Captivity: A Tapestry of Stories by a Vietnam War POW by Porter Alexander Halyburton, David de Vries, Tantor Audio
English | June 27, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0C7SGKH9N | MP3@64 Kbps | Duration: 4:57 h | 136 Mb
On October 17, 1965, Navy LTJG Porter Halyburton was shot down over North Vietnam and listed as killed in action. One-and-a-half years later, he was found to be alive and a prisoner of war. Halyburton was held captive for more than seven years. Reflections on Captivity is a collection of fifty short stories about this naval officer's experiences as a POW in North Vietnam.
This book recounts difficult times but focuses more on the positive aspects-the humor, creativity, friendships, courage, and leadership of an amazing group of Americans and how they helped each other survive and even thrive. These vignettes demonstrate how the human mind, body, and spirit can adapt and find meaning in life in the most challenging circumstances. There are powerful lessons learned from this complex experience that continue to guide the author's life to this day. Despite hardship, suffering, and long separation, Halyburton strongly believes one's quality of life is determined more by choices made than by circumstances, and the most liberating choice we can make is to forgive.


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Shredding the Tapestry of Meaning The Poetry and Poetics of Kitasono Katue (1902-1978)

 
Shredding the Tapestry of Meaning The Poetry and Poetics of Kitasono Katue (1902-1978)
Shredding the Tapestry of Meaning: The Poetry and Poetics of Kitasono Katue (1902-1978) By John Solt
2011 | 412 Pages | ISBN: 0674060741 | PDF | 37 MB
Kitasono Katue was a leading avant-garde literary figure, first in Japan and then throughout the world, from the 1920s to the 1970s. In his long career, Kitasono was instrumental in creating Japanese-language work influenced by futurism, dadaism, and surrealism before World War II and in contributing a Japanese voice to the international avant-garde movement after the war. This critical biography of Kitasono examines the life, poetry, and poetics of this controversial and flamboyant figure, including his wartime support of the Japanese state. Using Kitasono as a window on Japanese literature in the twentieth century, John Solt analyzes the relationship of Japanese writers to foreign literary movements and the influence of Japanese writers on world literature.


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