Tales from a Mountain City
A Vietnam War memoir
Nonfiction, History, Military, Vietnam War, Asian, Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Quynh Dao | ISBN: | 9780957748224 |
| Publisher: | Quynh Dao | Publication: | April 30, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Heart Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Quynh Dao |
| ISBN: | 9780957748224 |
| Publisher: | Quynh Dao |
| Publication: | April 30, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Heart Books |
| Language: | English |
Tales from a Mountain City is a blend of history and memoir told by a young Vietnamese girl growing up during the last years of the war and the communist regime. This is a poignant account of the innocence of a child, the innocence of a people, shattered again and again by the cruel tides of power and dogma, clinging tenaciously to their traditions, their home provinces, their hometowns, until the sheer pervasiveness of a communist value system drives them to suicide or exile. Indirectly, this story raises many questions on nationalism and qualities of power, freedom and independence, human rights and human nature.
Tales from a Mountain City is a blend of history and memoir told by a young Vietnamese girl growing up during the last years of the war and the communist regime. This is a poignant account of the innocence of a child, the innocence of a people, shattered again and again by the cruel tides of power and dogma, clinging tenaciously to their traditions, their home provinces, their hometowns, until the sheer pervasiveness of a communist value system drives them to suicide or exile. Indirectly, this story raises many questions on nationalism and qualities of power, freedom and independence, human rights and human nature.
