Comments on: Vietnam: Vietnam Readings http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/22/vietnam-vietnam-readings/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Mon, 28 May 2012 10:58:43 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Preetam Rai http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/22/vietnam-vietnam-readings/comment-page-1/#comment-1054321 Preetam Rai Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:44:56 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/22/vietnam-vietnam-readings/#comment-1054321 Thanks Mark for adding to the list. Thanks Mark for adding to the list.

]]> By: Mike http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/22/vietnam-vietnam-readings/comment-page-1/#comment-1020195 Mike Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:47:07 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/22/vietnam-vietnam-readings/#comment-1020195 Most of the books on Chris's list relate directly to the war, and most are written from an American or western perspective. Nothing wrong with that, but if you want to read about the impact of the war on Vietnamese society, and how Vietnamese coped with the post-war depression, check out: 1) Le Minh Khue "The Stars, the Earth, the River" 2) Ho Anh Thai "Behind the Red Mist" 3) Robert Olen Butler "A good scent from a strange mountain" 4) Nguyen Huy Thiep "The general retires" Curbstone Press has done a lot of translation of VNese literature in the U.S. Most of the books on Chris’s list relate directly to the war, and most are written from an American or western perspective. Nothing wrong with that, but if you want to read about the impact of the war on Vietnamese society, and how Vietnamese coped with the post-war depression, check out:
1) Le Minh Khue “The Stars, the Earth, the River”
2) Ho Anh Thai “Behind the Red Mist”
3) Robert Olen Butler “A good scent from a strange mountain”
4) Nguyen Huy Thiep “The general retires”

Curbstone Press has done a lot of translation of VNese literature in the U.S.

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