Why was The Sorrow of War banned in Vietnam?
His novel, The Sorrow of War, was a ban book in communist Vietnam because he was expressing his opinion about communism and the Vietnam War in his own novel. Many of his opinions either show the negative side of the war or show the flaws of communism, and most of his viewpoints are integrated into his novel.
How old is Kien in The Sorrow of War?
forty
Kien, the narrator, is forty. He estimates he has already lost fourteen years because of a war that lasted ten.
What happened to Phuong in The Sorrow of War?
Like many other women in Vietnam, Phuong becomes the victim of a rape. After that, Kien takes issue with holding Phuong close to him. One of the sorrows of war is that Kien fought so hard to protect this idealized view of Vietnam and Phuong but what remained postwar was anything but innocent and pure.
How long is the sorrow of war?
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780525562849 |
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| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 08/14/2018 |
| Edition description: | Reprint |
| Pages: | 240 |
What type of book is The Sorrow of war?
Novel
War storyHistorical Fiction
The Sorrow of War/Genres
Who wrote the sorrow of war?
Bảo Ninh
The Sorrow of War/Authors
About the Author Bao Ninh was born in Hanoi in 1952. During the Vietnam War he served with the Glorious 27th Youth Brigade. Of the five hundred who went to war with the brigade in 1969, he is one of the ten who survived. A huge bestseller in Vietnam, The Sorrow of War won The Independent Foreign Fiction Award for 1994.
When was the sorrow of war released?
1987
The Sorrow of War/Originally published
What type of book is The Sorrow of War?
What Is Paradise of the Blind about?
Paradise of the Blind tells the story of three women fighting to maintain their dignity under a government that discards old values and tears families apart. Hang, a young girl growing up in the Hanoi slums, learns the truth about her father’s disappearance and death during the era of government-imposed land reform.
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