Author : David Lan Pham
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786406463
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Book Synopsis Two Hamlets in Nam Bo by : David Lan Pham
Download or read book Two Hamlets in Nam Bo written by David Lan Pham and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2000 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author was born in 1940 and spent his childhood in two small villages, the paternal and the maternal, in southern Vietnam: Binh Chuan and Tuy An (An Phu). The villages were deeply affected by the powerful political events of the next fifty years. In this memoir (first sentence: "I was born as the Japanese Troops were invading northern Vietnam"), the author writes of what he saw, heard and knew, providing an invaluable social history of the country. Readers will learn about a people who have endured separation, dictatorship, carnage, persistent suffering and poverty, all the while yearning for independence and prosperity. Included are many stories--some funny, some heartbreaking--that reveal how the Vietnamese people lived, as well as their thoughts on war, on the French, Japanese and Americans, on the Nationalist and Communist governments, and on escape. The result is a heartfelt "social painting" of the nation.