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Summary: "In 1986, the teenage daughter of a wealthy family gets lost in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her angry father and is forever changed ...
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American Heritage. Oct, 1995, Vol. 46 Issue 6, p108, 2 p.
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* By the time Saigon fell, Americans were so sadly familiar with the war's televised jungle patrols, booby traps, napalmed earth, and body bags that little ...
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Summary: Thirteen-year-old Kelly tries to befriend Mr. Weems, a disturbed homeless Vietnam War veteran who spends his days in her suburban ...
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Summary: Hang, a modern Vietnamese woman, is forced to grow up quickly in her turbulent country, squeezed between traditional gender roles and the rampant corruption ...
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Age, The (Melbourne, Australia), October 27, 2012 Life & Style First, p. 34 3pp
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THE DARKEST LITTLE ROOM By Patrick Holland Transit Lounge, $29.95 REVIEW CHRIS FLYNN INDEPENDENT Melbourne publisher Transit Lounge has made a significant mark on the Australian ...
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Sun Herald, The (Sydney, Australia), September 16, 2012 Unwind First, p. 15 2pp
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Fishing for Tigers Emily Maguire (Picador, $29.99) Reviewed by Meredith Lewin At the heart of Australian writer Emily Maguire's work lies an urgent need to pull ...
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War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. Fall/Winter1998, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p239. 14p.
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Focuses on the moral vision of Vietnam literature. Emphasis on enhancing the chances of Vietnamese for survival; References of literary works ...
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Summary: Seventeen-year-old bisexual Jade Nguyrn is spending the summer in Vietnam at the French colonial house her estranged father is fixing ...
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War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. 2021, Vol. 33, p27-54. 28p.
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The article presents an interview with authors Quan Manh Ha and Joseph Babcock. Quan Manh Ha discusses his book "Other Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of ...
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Summary: "[Little Dog gives a letter to his mother who can't read]. Written when the speaker, Little Dog is in his late twenties, the letter ...
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Canadian Review of American Studies. 2020, Vol. 50 Issue 1, p45-101. 57p.
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This article chronicles the way book covers on American novels about the Vietnam War, both during and after the conflict, not ... Cet article examine comment les couvertures des romans américains portant sur la guerre du Vietnam, tant durant le conflit qu'aprè... Copyright of Canadian Review of American Studies is the property of University of Toronto Press and its content may not be copied or emailed ...
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Summary: Percival Chen, a headmaster at a prestigious English-language school in 1960s Saigon, must exile his trouble-making son and to deal with his troubles and ...
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The article discusses the re-gendering of the tropes of the trauma hero narrative in Siobhan Fallon's collection of short stories "You Know When the Men ...
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Summary: A Vietnamese man working as Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas's cook in 1934 Paris looks back on his early life in his native country ...
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War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. 2011, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p22-33. 12p.
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The author discusses the memory and meaning of narrative reflections during the "Twentieth Century Warfare and American Memory" symposium held at Regis University in Denver, ...
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War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. 2009, Vol. 21 Issue 1/2, p384-398. 15p.
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The article presents the author's reflections regarding the use of writing as a therapeutic practice for war veterans. The author's personal experiences in writing the ...
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