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Robert Olen Butler.

  • Authors : Petitjean, Tom; Nelles, William

Subjects: Butler, Robert Olen, 1945-; American authors; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction

  • Source: Salem Press Biographical Encyclopedia, 2023. 9p.

  • Abstract: Robert Olen Butler was born in Granite City, Illinois, on January 20, 1945, the son of Robert Olen Butler Sr., a theater professor at St. Louis University, ...

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On Distant Ground by Robert Olen Butler.

  • Authors : McLure, Victoria E.

Subjects: On Distant Ground (Book); Butler, Robert Olen, 1945-

  • Source: Salem Press Encyclopedia of Literature, 2022. 3p.

  • Abstract: On Distant Ground is the fictional account of Army captain David Fleming and his internal and external conflicts with his experiences in ...

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Build your house around my body : a novel.

Subjects: Missing persons -- Fiction; Women -- Vietnam -- Fiction; Revenge -- Fiction

  • Abstract: 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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To Search for Understanding: A Conversation with Quan Manh Ha and Joseph Babcock about Other Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its Aftermath.

Subjects: *CREATIVE writing; *TEACHINGOTHER Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War & Its Aftermath (Book)QUAN Manh Ha; BABCOCK, Joseph

  • Source: War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. 2021, Vol. 33, p27-54. 28p.

  • Abstract: 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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The mountains sing : a novel.

Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction; Families -- Vietnam -- Fiction; Family life -- Vietnam -- FictionVietnam -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction

  • Abstract: Summary: "The multigenerational tale of the Tr̀ân family, set against the backdrop of the Vîẹt Nam War. Tr̀ân Dịêu Lan, who ...

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On earth we're briefly gorgeous.

Subjects: Mother and child -- FictionVietnam -- Fiction

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Cairo International Film Festival's 40th Edition: ambition, anticipation

  • Authors : By:Daily News Egypt

  • Source: Daily News Egypt (Cairo, Egypt), November 21, 2018 NEWS, 8pp

  • Abstract: The CIFF's 40 th edition will kick off Wednesday with both pride and fear. With a long history since it was first established in 1976, and with ...

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Holiday reading: Irish diplomats on what books to read where; From Bulgaria to Zambia and from China to Palestine, the books you should be reading

  • Authors : By:Martin Doyle

  • Source: Irish Times: Web Edition Articles (Dublin, Ireland), July 3, 2017 Books, 10pp

  • Abstract: If you're travelling abroad in search of sun and sangria, getting under the skin of the country you're visiting by reading up on it is ...

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Library launches winter reading program, stuffed animal sleepover

  • Authors : By:Sue Heskin

  • Source: Superior Telegram (WI), January 4, 2016 Superior, 3pp

  • Abstract: Happy New Year from Superior Public Library! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season! It's been a busy time at the library. Just before ...

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Obama spreading propaganda of Vietnam fiction

  • Authors : By:Cal Thomas

  • Source: Bristol Herald Courier (VA), July 31, 2013 Opinion Columns, 3pp

  • Abstract: When it comes to Vietnam, I'm all for moving on, putting the past behind us, looking forward, letting bygones be bygones, ...

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The headmaster's wager : a novel.

Subjects: School principals -- Fiction; Fathers and sons -- Fiction; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- FictionHo Chi Minh City (Vietnam) -- Fiction

  • Abstract: 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 headmaster's wager : a novel.

Subjects: School principals -- Fiction; Fathers and sons -- Fiction; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- FictionHo Chi Minh City (Vietnam) -- Fiction

  • Abstract: 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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Underbelly Vietnam

  • Source: Age, The (Melbourne). 10/27/2012.

  • Abstract: THE DARKEST LITTLE ROOM

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State-born journalist pens first novel, set in Vietnam; FICTION; 'FIVE O'CLOCK FOLLIES' IS SHAPED BY CAREER

  • Authors : By:Mary McReynolds

  • Source: Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK), October 14, 2012 LIFE DRIVE, 3pp

  • Abstract: Touting her first work of fiction as a novel of the press in Vietnam, Oklahoma City-born Theasa ...

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Lust and emotion in modern-day Vietnam; FICTION

  • Authors : By:Meredith Lewin

  • Source: Sun Herald, The (Sydney, Australia), September 16, 2012 Unwind First, p. 15 2pp

  • Abstract: 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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Lust and emotion in modern-day Vietnam

  • Source: Sun-Herald, The (Sydney). 09/16/2012.

  • Abstract: Fishing for Tigers Emily Maguire (Picador, $29.99) Reviewed by Meredith Lewin

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Memory and Meaning: The Need for Narrative Reflections on the Symposium "Twentieth Century Warfare and American Memory" Regis University, Denver, Colorado, November 13-14, 2009.

Subjects: *AMERICAN war stories; *NARRATIVES; *MEANING (Psychology)DENVER (Colo.); COLORADO

  • Source: War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. 2011, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p22-33. 12p.

  • Abstract: 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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IWP Writers Return from their Travels to Present Free Events Oct. 5-9

  • Source: Targeted News Service (USA), October 1, 2011, 4pp

  • Abstract: IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 30 -- Iowa Center for the Arts issued the following news release: The writers in residence at the University of Iowa International ...

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The Irish Times: Outstanding novel born of the horror of Vietnam

  • Authors : By:EILEEN BATTERSBY

  • Source: Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland), March 12, 2011, 4pp

  • Abstract: FICTION: The Sentimentalists By Johanna Skibsrud Heinemann, 216pp. GBP12.99 WAR LEAVES LASTING wounds on the mind and in the memory, not ...

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Outstanding novel born of the horror of Vietnam

  • Authors : By:Eileen Battersby

  • Source: Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland), March 12, 2011 Books, 4pp

  • Abstract: FICTION: The SentimentalistsBy Johanna Skibsrud Heinemann, 216pp. £12.99 WAR LEAVES LASTING wounds on the mind and in the memory, not only on ...

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'Matterhorn' a gripping, essential tale of Vietnam

  • Authors : By:JOHN FOYSTON

  • Source: Oregonian, The (Portland, OR), April 4, 2010 Sunday Features (O!) Sunrise, 2pp

  • Abstract: Fiction review MATTERHORN Karl Marlantes Atlantic Monthly Press $24.95, 600 pages JOHN FOYSTON I t took Karl Marlantes more than 30 years to write ...

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Fiction based on war truth revisited Vietnam vet Tim O'Brien's gut-wrenching story turns 20 O'BRIEN: Writer seeks to place reader in the war zone

  • Authors : By:By STEVE BENNETT

  • Source: Houston Chronicle (TX), March 24, 2010 Star 3 STAR, p. 1 3pp

  • Abstract: One of the things Tim O'Brien carries with him is a memory of his hands. "I can remember looking at my hands out in the ...

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Fiction based on war truth revisited

  • Authors : By:Steve Bennett

  • Source: San Antonio Express-News (TX), March 24, 2010 S.A. Life STATE&METRO, 3pp

  • Abstract: One of the things Tim O'Brien carries with him is a memory of his hands. "I can remember looking at my hands out in the ...

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Art As Therapy: The Biography of a Novel.

Subjects: *FICTION writing; *THERAPEUTICS; *VIETNAM veteransSECOND Tour, The (Book)

  • Source: War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. 2009, Vol. 21 Issue 1/2, p384-398. 15p.

  • Abstract: 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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A Man with a Green Memory: War, Cinema, and Freedom in Stephen Wright's "Meditations in Green."

Subjects: CRITICISM; MOTION pictures in literature; MOTION pictures & literatureMEDITATIONS in Green (Book)WRIGHT, Stephen

  • Source: Arizona Quarterly; Summer2009, Vol. 65 Issue 2, p117-135, 19p

  • Abstract: This literary criticism presents the book "Meditations in Green" by Stephen Wright. It outlines the characters and explores the book's symbolic use of cinema and ...

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