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The Landscape of War: Commentary on Scott Anderson's Triage |
| Section: BOOK WORLD / COMMENTARY |
| Author: Pat C. Hoy II |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1999 |
| Size: 4,668 Words, 27,540 Characters |
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Triage is the latest of Scott Anderson's many tales of war--this one, a novel of arresting brilliance. It is not, as we shall see, a soldier's tale, but its protagonist, like Anderson himself, has been to war, many times. And like Anderson, Mark Walsh's life and values have been and forever will be shaped by the wars he has chased.
For those who have been close enough to be struck down by it, war never ends; it goes on playing deep within our souls forever. And even though, as we are learning, war breeds isolation and distrust, one of its most annoying ironies is that no one can come back from it alone, least of all a photographer bound up in the death of his only companion in war. Mark and his friend Colin have been in Kurdistan on a routine, short assignment, seeking a living off war'...
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...s we know, Mark finally releases Colin to the raging currents, the pressure on his own neck so strong and the burden so heavy that he cannot ferry Colin's dead body across the river. In that passage--as we move with Mark from one side of the river to the other--we glimpse the beauty of friendship and commitment and feel the weight of failure: the fracturing of innocence and the legacy of war.
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