For those at home, as well as for those in battle, war is curiously disabling. The mere realization that one's country is at war poisons the bloodstream, creates an incessant mood of worry that infiltrates even the most casual moments.


The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories (ed. Random House, 1994)


For those at home, as well as for those in battle, war is curiously disabling. The mere realization that one's country is at war poisons the...

For those at home, as well as for those in battle, war is curiously disabling. The mere realization that one's country is at war poisons the...

For those at home, as well as for those in battle, war is curiously disabling. The mere realization that one's country is at war poisons the...

For those at home, as well as for those in battle, war is curiously disabling. The mere realization that one's country is at war poisons the...