· Pfc Joe Whitaker, having drifted through life with little in the way of a plan, his aimlessness leading to frustration that can quickly turn into anger, finds himself a few days away from the hard certainty of deployment to Vietnam, as David Rabe’s new novel Girl By the Road At Night opens. Half-a-world away, Quach Ngoc Lan earns money for herself and her family as a prostitute at a small Author: Pete Olin. · Now here’s “Girl by the Road at Night,” the third novel by the Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe. Unlike another recent Vietnam novel, Karl Author: Philip Caputo. "Girl by the Road at Night" was written by David Rabe. Mr. Rabe was born in Dubuque Iowa in Rabe earned an MA from Villanova University after being drafted into service in Vietnam in David Rabe is best known as an American playwright having won a Tony award for "Sticks and Bones" in He is the author of several novels/5(14).
Girl by the Road at Night: A Novel of Vietnam; David Rabe Personal Life. The 78 years old playwright and screenwriter, David Rabe was previously married to an actress Elizabeth Pan. Rabe and Pan tied the knot in They also had a son named Jason Rabe. Even being the parents of a child, the couple failed to continue their relationship. David Rabe's award-winning Vietnam plays have come to embody our collective fears, doubts, and tenuous grasp of a war that continues to haunt. Partially written upon his return from the war, Girl by the Road at Night is Rabe's first work of fiction set in Vietnam--a spare and poetic narrative about a young soldier embarking on a tour of duty and the Vietnamese prostitute he meets in country. Girl by the Road at Night | David Rabe's award-winning Vietnam plays have come to embody our collective fears, doubts, and tenuous grasp of a war that continues to haunt. Partially written upon his return from the war, Girl by the Road at Night is Rabe's first work of fiction set in Vietnam--a spare and poetic narrative about a young soldier embarking on a tour of duty and the Vietnamese.
Now here’s “Girl by the Road at Night,” the third novel by the Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe. Unlike another recent Vietnam novel, Karl Marlantes’s page battlefield epic. Girl by the Road at Night is a brilliant meditation on disillusionment, sexuality, and masculinity, and one of Rabe’s finest works to date. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Rabe, widely known for his Vietnam plays (Sticks and Bones ; etc.), delivers his first Vietnam novel, a competent addition to a very busy subgenre. Pfc Joe Whitaker, having drifted through life with little in the way of a plan, his aimlessness leading to frustration that can quickly turn into anger, finds himself a few days away from the hard certainty of deployment to Vietnam, as David Rabe’s new novel Girl By the Road At Night opens. Half-a-world away, Quach Ngoc Lan earns money for herself and her family as a prostitute at a small roadside business area in South Vietnam, trying to make sense of her separation from her family and.
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