Bibliograph

The sorrow of war, a novel of North Vietnam, Bao Ninh ; translated from the Vietnamese by Phan Thanh Hao ; edited by Frank Palmos

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The sorrow of war, a novel of North Vietnam, Bao Ninh ; translated from the Vietnamese by Phan Thanh Hao ; edited by Frank Palmos

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The sorrow of war

Oclc number

30738329

Responsibility statement

Bao Ninh ; translated from the Vietnamese by Phan Thanh Hao ; edited by Frank Palmos

Sub title

a novel of North Vietnam

Summary

The Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a North Vietnamese infantryman. In a series of flashbacks, as he buries the dead following a battle, the narrator recounts his 10 years of service, the comrades he lost and the way the war ruined the love of his life. The author is a veteran of the NVA's Glorious 27th Youth Brigade, a 500-man unit from which only 10 men survived. He lives in Hanoi

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