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To the White Sea (Delta World War II Library)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780385313094
ISBN: 0385313098
Label: Delta
Manufacturer: Delta
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: September 01, 1994
Publisher: Delta
Release Date: September 01, 1994
Studio: Delta
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Editorial Review:
Award-winning and best-selling author James Dickey returns with the heart-stopping story of Muldrow, an American tail gunner who parachutes from his burning airplane into Tokyo in the final months of World War II. Fleeing the chaotic, ruined city, he instinctively travels north toward a frozen, desolate sanctuary he is certain will assure this survival--and freedom. Making his way through enemy terrain, on the lookout for both danger and opportunity, Muldrow's journey becomes the flight of a pure predator. Moving through the darkness, bombarded by haunting visions that consume his imagination, every step in his violent odyssey brings him closer to a harrowing climax that is pure James Dickey.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Indirect writing style is original; story was unexpected
I'd added this book to my Wishlist years ago, based on a list of great war novels I saw in a magazine. Based on the book's appearance on that list, I was greatly surprised by the content of this book; it was less a war novel than it was a story of a man in a crisis.
As has already been said, it is a novel of an aviator shot down during a WWII bombing raid over Tokyo, and his story of survival. The novel has a single narrative and a single voice (the protagonist's), and no chapters. ... Read More
Rating:  - Portrait of the Hero as a Jackass
"To the White Sea" is the second novel by James Dickey that I have read. The first was "Deliverance" and I came away from "White Sea" wondering what the heck his poetry must be about. After all, his prose comes across as a sort of "disfunctionally bestial man in the wilderness who does whatever it takes to survive". I'm not sure that there's much poetry out there that emanates from such subjecdt matter. I'm also not sure I want to find out if there is.
"To the White Sea" challenged ... Read More
Rating: - Escape through death
The basic story is that of a WWII bomber crewman shot down over Tokyo immediately prior to the great firebomb raids at the end of the war. He is alone in enemy territory. We follow our tail-gunner as he plans to escape Tokyo during the confusion of the upcoming firebomb raid the following night. We watch him as he struggles to stay alive with his only goal to keep moving north. To the ice regions like his home in Alaska, where he feels he will be safe. We are given many glimpses into the thoughts of our ... Read More
Rating: - Not bad, but not a page-turner either.
I'm about half way through this novel, and while the main character and the situation he finds himself in are intriguing, I'm a bit disappointed by how slow the story moves. Being inside the protagonist's head shouldn't mean we need to follow every fleeting and repetitive thought that goes through it, does it? I have no doubt I'll finish this book and be satisfied with it in the end, but it won't be without a fair amount of effort. Call me a philistine, but I want a book to draw me in, not challenge me to ... Read More
Rating:  - Great in print and on tape
I've been listening to the book on tape after having read it several years ago. It is brilliant either way. I'll keep this review short. Dickey's use of language is phenomenal. The recurring themes of camoflage and eyes are chilling. This book does an exceptional job of capturing a man's descent into paranoid schizophrenia, all in the first person perspective. He is not a serial killing in the way that term is usually applied. The main character begins the book as a tightly wound, somewhat paranoid character, ... Read More
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