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Bao Ninh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bảo Ninh (born on October 18, 1952) is a Vietnamese novelist and short story writer. His real name is Hoàng Ấu Phương and he was born in Nghe An province (his ancestors were from Quang Binh provinc...
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The Sorrow of War, a novel written by Baoh Nihn, reflects about the life of a North Vietnamese soldier named Kien, after the Indochina conflict. It presents a story of a North Vietnamese infantry soldier trying to purge his horrible memories of the war and life after war through his writing. ... Plot summary: The Sign of Four,
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Bao Ninh and Frank Palmos - The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam - User Rating: 5 stars. Review Summary: Don't read it expecting glorification even of heroes on the "winning side"--or demonization of the enemy. ... I'm not sure that The Sorrow of War is a great novel (many novels classed "great" are difficult to read,
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A quick literary shout-out: Hard to read and harder to put down, Bao Ninh's The Sorrow of War, which I read on my plane ride back from Norfolk, is arguably the best anti/war novel I've read in over a decade.
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Summary: 1st novel intrigues, then falls into disarray ; Comments: The Sorrow of War is Ninh's 1st novel, and it remains at the grade of an author still grappling with technique and style. This novel about the Vietnam War is a halting creation, a confused jumble of narratives which fail to adhere.
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The Sorrow of War is Ninh's first novel, and it remains at the grade of an author still grappling with technique and style. This novel about the Vietnam War is a halting creation, a confused jumble of narratives which fail to adhere.
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