Picture 1 of 1

Sorrow of War : A Novel of North Vietnam by Bao Ninh (1995, Hardcover)

Brenham Book Company (755)

92.7% positive feedback

Price:

US $36.03

ApproximatelyAU $55.47

+ $22.64 postage

Estimated delivery Fri, 19 Sep - Thu, 2 Oct

Returns:

30-day returns. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay postage label, it will be deducted from your refund amount. Policy depends on postage service.

Condition:

Brand new

A North Vietnamese man, Kien, narrates his memories of his youth, the pains of adolescence, his experience of the war, and his attempts, as a struggling writer in postwar Hanoi, to cope with the horrors of war and his own survival. 17,500 first printing.

About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100679439617

ISBN-139780679439615

eBay Product ID (ePID)1572489

Product Key Features

Original LanguageVietnamese

Book TitleSorrow of War : a Novel of North Vietnam

Number of Pages233 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1995

TopicMilitary / General

GenreNon-Classifiable, History

AuthorBao Ninh

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight13.6 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN94-022390

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal895.9/2233

SynopsisThe Sorrow of War is the first novel of the Vietnam War told from the North Vietnamese perspective. Readers follow Kien as a young soldier and, later, as a writer struggling to come to grips with the savageries he has witnessed. Takes its place alongside the greatest war novel of the century, All Quiet on the Western Front.--The Independent.

LC Classification NumberPL4378.9.B37N6513