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A Novel of: Nollth Vietnant
Baa Ninh
Translatedf rom the Vietnamese
by Phan Thanh Hao
Editedb y FrankP almos
Pantheon Books, New Yol'k
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Description:Phan Thanh Hao (trans.), Frank Palmos (ed.) Bao Ninh, a former North Vietnamese soldier, provides a strikingly honest look at how the Vietnam War forever changed his life, his country, and the people who live there. Originally published in 1990 against government wishes in Vietnam because of its non