The Vietnam Plays: The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel ; Sticks and Bones

The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel, which won the young David Rabe an Obie and was hailed by The New York Times as "rich in humor, irony, and insight, " is the story of a naive recruit's initiation into war. Sticks and Bones concerns a blinded Vietnam veteran who, returning home numbed by the war, is astonished by his family's inability to comprehend their country's politics and his rage.David Rabe is the author of 'The Vietnam Plays: The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel ; Sticks and Bones', published 1994 under ISBN 9780802133137 and ISBN 0802133134.