| The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam Contributor(s): Ninh, Bao (Author) |
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ISBN: 0525562842 ISBN-13: 9780525562849 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Biographical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 240 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 102593 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The daring and controversial novel that took the world by storm--a story of politics, selfhood, survival, and war. Heart-wrenching, fragmented, raw, former North Vietnamese solder Bao Ninh's The Sorrow of War provides a strikingly honest look at how the Vietnam War forever changed his life, his country, and the people who live there. Kien, a lone survivor from the Glorious 27th Youth brigade of the Vietcong, revisits the haunting sites of battles and relives a parade of horrors, as he grapples with his ghosts, his alcoholism and attempts to arrange his life in writing. Originally published against government wishes in Vietnam because of its nonheroic, non-ideological tone, Ninh's now classic work has won worldwide acclaim and become an international bestseller. |