Karl Marlantes - When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great Amer...

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When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.

Karl Marlantes

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Als ich aus dem Krieg zurückkehrte, sagte ich: "Ich werde den Großen amerikanischen Roman über den Vietnamkrieg schreiben." Also setzte ich mich und schrieb 1.700 Seiten mit reinem Psychotherapie-Schwindel. Es war die erste Person, und es gab Seiten über nasse Socken und kalte Füße.

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