The general retires and other stories
When it first appeared in 1987, the title story of this collection of stories by Nguyen Huy Thiep caused a sensation in Vietnam. Not since the Communist revolution had readers found as stark and compelling a view of their world as The general retires offered them. Written in spa…
Thirty-eight post-Vietnam War stories by American and Vietnamese writers. In Nguyen Quang Lap's The Sound of Harness Bells, a couple reunited at war's end try to have a child and the result is a monster, the wife having been gassed by Agent Orange, while in Tim O'Brien's Speakin…
Thirty-eight post-Vietnam War stories by American and Vietnamese writers, interspersed between stanzas of the poem "A walk in the garden of heaven" by George Evans. In Nguyen Quang Lap's The Sound of Harness Bells, a couple reunited at war's end try to have a child and the resul…
"In this anthology, Vietnamese writers describe their experience of what they call the American War and its lasting legacy through the lens of their own vital artistic visions. A North Vietnamese soldier forms a bond with an abandoned puppy. Cousins find their lives upended by t…
"In this anthology, Vietnamese writers describe their experience of what they call the American War and its lasting legacy through the lens of their own vital artistic visions. A North Vietnamese soldier forms a bond with an abandoned puppy. Cousins find their lives upended by t…
"In this anthology, Vietnamese writers describe their experience of what they call the American War and its lasting legacy through the lens of their own vital artistic visions. A North Vietnamese soldier forms a bond with an abandoned puppy. Cousins find their lives upended by t…
"Intended for Vietnamese language students or heritage learners, the stories in this volume present the everyday vocabulary and grammar in use in Vietnam today. Forty folk stories have been edited and simplified for learning purposes and are presented in parallel Vietnamese and …
"Intended for Vietnamese language students or heritage learners, the stories in this volume present the everyday vocabulary and grammar in use in Vietnam today. Forty folk stories have been edited and simplified for learning purposes and are presented in parallel Vietnamese and …