The sorrow of war : a novel
Bảo Ninh2005
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In this semi-autobiographical account of a soldier's experiences the hero of the story, Kien, is an army captain. After ten years of war and months as an MIA body collector, he suffers a nervous breakdown in Hanoi as he tries to re-establish a relationship with his former sweetheart.
Main title:
The sorrow of war : a novel / Bao Ninh ; English version by Frank Palmos from the original translation by Phan Thanh Hao.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2005.
Collation:
216 p. ; 18 cm.
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Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Secker & Warburg, 2004.Translated from the Vietnamese.
ISBN:
9780099483533 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.922334FIC
Language:
EnglishVietnamese
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BRN:
1375209