Author: Karl Marlantes

Quotes

'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.

'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.

- Karl Marlantes

War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up failures perpetrated by adults.

War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up failures perpetrated by adults.

- Karl Marlantes

When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.

When the peace treaty is signed, the war isn't over for the veterans, or the family. It's just starting.

- Karl Marlantes

I began writing 'Matterhorn' in 1975 and for more than 30 years I kept working on my novel in my spare time, unable to get an agent or publisher to even read the manuscript.

I began writing 'Matterhorn' in 1975 and for more than 30 years I kept working on my novel in my spare time, unable to get an agent or publisher to even read the manuscript.

- Karl Marlantes

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