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Duong Thu Huong : Novel without a Name
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Author: Duong Thu Huong
Title: Novel without a Name
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Published in: English
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Date: 1996-06-01
ISBN: 0140255109
Publisher: Penguin Books
Weight: 0.4 pounds
Size: 0.67 x 5.08 x 7.68 inches
Edition: Reprint
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A piercing, unforgettable tale of the horror and spiritual weariness of war, Novel Without a Name will shatter every preconception Americans have about what happened in the jungles of Vietnam. With Duong Thu Huong, whose Paradise of the Blind was published to high critical acclaim in 1993, Vietnam has found a voice both lyrical and stark, powerful enough to capture the conflict that left millions dead and spiritually destroyed her generation. Banned in the author's native country for its scathing dissection of the day-to-day realities of life for the Vietnamese during the final years of the "Vietnam War, " Novel Without a Name invites comparison with All Quiet on the Western Front and other classic works of war fiction. The war is seen through the eyes of Quan, a North Vietnamese bo doi (soldier of the people) who joined the army at eighteen, full of idealism and love for the Communist party and its cause of national liberation. But ten years later, after leading his platoon through almost a decade of unimaginable horror and deprivation, Quan is disillusioned by his odyssey of loss and struggle. Furloughed back to his village in search of a fellow soldier, Quan undertakes a harrowing, solitary journey through the tortuous jungles of central Vietnam and his own unspeakable memories.
Reviews: LarryB (USA: OR) (2007/03/04):
This is an excellent look at the North Vietnamese side of the Vietnam War. Told from the field experiences of North Vietnamese fighters.



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