A hard and heavy thing

Resource Information

The work A hard and heavy thing represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Richland Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

A hard and heavy thing

Statement of responsibility

Matthew J. Hefti

Creator

• Hefti, Matthew J

Author

• Hefti, Matthew J

Subject

• Psychological fiction
• Soldiers -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Psychological fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Contemplating suicide after nearly a decade at war, Levi sits down to write a note to his best friend Nick, explaining why things have to come to this inevitable end. Years earlier, Levi--a sergeant in the army--made a tragic choice that led his team into ambush, leaving three soldiers dead and two badly injured. During the attack, Levi risked death to save a badly burned and disfigured Nick. His actions won him the Silver Star for gallantry, but nothing could alleviate the guilt he carried after that fateful day. He may have saved Nick in Iraq, but when Levi returns home and spirals out of control, it is Nick's turn to play the savior, urging Levi to write. Levi begins to type as a way of bidding farewell, but what remains when he is finished is not a suicide note. It's a love song, a novel in which the beginning is the story's end, the story's end is the real beginning of Levi's life, and the future is as mutable as words on a page

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.6

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3608.E3385

LC item number

H38 2016

Literary form

novels