The Sorrow of War
A Novel of North Vietnam
Published on 14. August 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-525-56284-9 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published: Hanoi: Writers' Association Pub. House, 1991.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Edition type
Large type / large print edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-525-56284-9 (9780525562849)
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Person
Bao Ninh was born in Hanoi in 1952. During the Vietnam War he served with the Glorious 27th Youth Brigade. Of the five hundred who went to war with the brigade in 1969, he is one of the ten who survived. A huge bestseller in Vietnam, The Sorrow of War won The Independent Foreign Fiction Award for 1994. It is Bao Ninh's first novel.