"Should soldiers, or Americans for that matter, expect to recover from the trauma of war? Author Tim O’Brien asked that question Thursday night in Grand Forks, even as he worried aloud that it would offend people.
'Part of me thinks we should suffer for the sins of war, dropping bombs, blowing off people’s arms and legs,' O’Brien said. America is a nation that likes to forget its traumas and reduce them to a few clichés, he said. But is war something we really want to, or should, forget?"
Those were just a few of the words and ideas O'Brien shared last night at the Chester Fritz Auditorium at the opening event for The Big Read. In case you missed it, Paulette Tobin of the Grand Forks Herald writes "A Soldier's Story," a wonderful article about the Tim O'Brien Great Conversation last night. Check it out!
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