The Sorrow of War

Name: The Sorrow of War
Author: Bao Ninh

by Bao Ninh

Vietnamese soldier's fragmented memories of the war and lost love haunt him

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Bao Ninh

Vietnamese novelist whose The Sorrow of War is considered the greatest Vietnamese novel about the Vietnam War. Written from the perspective of a soldier on the losing North Vietnamese side, it mourns the human costs with unsentimental honesty.

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