Northern Lights (O'Brien novel)

First edition (publ. Delacorte Press)
Cover design by Bob Antler

Northern Lights is the second work and first novel of Tim O'Brien.^[1] The novel, originally published in 1975,^[2] has been seen as reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway.^[3]^[4] Much of the plot is set in a cross-country ski trip.^[5]

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^ Philip A. Greasley - Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 1: The Authors 2001- p395 0253108411 "A second [sic] novel, Northern Lights, was published two years later to mixed reviews. In 1976 O'Brien left Harvard without a degree to pursue his writing career, settling in the Boston area. Chapters from what would become Going after Cacciato ..."
^ "Minnesota Historical Society".
^ Stefania Ciocia Vietnam and Beyond: Tim O'Brien and the Power of Storytelling 178138004X 2014 "Hemingway's legacy is, as one might expect, never felt more strongly in O'Brien's oeuvre than in his first novel: Northern Lights. Critics are nearly unanimous in acknowledging that, while showing promise, this book has serious limitations, ..."
^ Mark A. Heberle A Trauma Artist: Tim O'Brien and the Fiction of Vietnam - 2001 p77 0877457611 "Besides its resemblance to one classic American postwar novel, Northern Lights also recalls In Our Time, Hemingway's modernist pastiche of intrusive World War I and bullfighting scenes, first-person reminiscences, and postwar stories."
^ Patrick A. Smith Tim O'Brien: A Critical Companion 2005 p52 0313330557 "CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Even though an ill-fated cross-country ski trip consumes nearly half the novel, Northern Lights is perhaps more aptly categorized as character- rather than plot-driven fiction, focusing on the relationships ..."

[1] Philip A. Greasley - Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 1: The Authors 2001- p395 0253108411 "A second [sic] novel, Northern Lights, was published two years later to mixed reviews. In 1976 O'Brien left Harvard without a degree to pursue his writing career, settling in the Boston area. Chapters from what would become Going after Cacciato ..."

[2] "Minnesota Historical Society".

[3] Stefania Ciocia Vietnam and Beyond: Tim O'Brien and the Power of Storytelling 178138004X 2014 "Hemingway's legacy is, as one might expect, never felt more strongly in O'Brien's oeuvre than in his first novel: Northern Lights. Critics are nearly unanimous in acknowledging that, while showing promise, this book has serious limitations, ..."

[4] Mark A. Heberle A Trauma Artist: Tim O'Brien and the Fiction of Vietnam - 2001 p77 0877457611 "Besides its resemblance to one classic American postwar novel, Northern Lights also recalls In Our Time, Hemingway's modernist pastiche of intrusive World War I and bullfighting scenes, first-person reminiscences, and postwar stories."

[5] Patrick A. Smith Tim O'Brien: A Critical Companion 2005 p52 0313330557 "CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT Even though an ill-fated cross-country ski trip consumes nearly half the novel, Northern Lights is perhaps more aptly categorized as character- rather than plot-driven fiction, focusing on the relationships ..."

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