A Time Far Past A Novel of Viet Nam |
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| Author:
| Luu, Le |
| Translator:
| Hai, Ngo Vinh
Chung, Nguyen Ba
Bowen, Kevin
Hunt, David |
| Series title: | Vietnamese Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55849-085-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1997 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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This epic novel presents a sweeping portrait of war and peace in northern Vietnam from the defeat of the French to the mid-1980s. The story follows the odyssey of Giang Minh Sai, the son of a Confucian scholar in the rural Red River delta, from his early childhood through his decorated service during the American War and his later efforts to adapt to the postwar world of urban Ha Noi.
This epic novel presents a sweeping portrait of war and peace in northern Vietnam from the defeat of the French to the mid-1980s. The story follows the odyssey of Giang Minh Sai, the son of a Confucian scholar in the rural Red River delta, from his early childhood through his decorated service during the American War and his later efforts to adapt to the postwar world of urban Ha Noi.