Other Moons : : Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its Aftermath.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Am, Nguyen Thi,; Anh, Ta Duy,; Babcock, Joseph,; Chau, Nguyen Minh,; Ha, Quan Manh,; Hao, Vo Thi,; Le, Hanh,; Liem, Luong,; Long, Lai Van,; Luan, Nguyen Trong,; Minh, Suong Nguyet,; Nghi, Mai Tien,; Ngoc, Truong Van,; Ninh, Bao,; Phuong, Nguyen Thi Mai,; Tam, Vuong,; Tan, Thai Ba,; Tho, Nguyen Van,; Thuan, Nguyen Ngoc,; Tien, Pham Ngoc,; Tran, Nguyen Thi Thu,; Tu, Nguyen Ngoc,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

In this anthology, Vietnamese writers describe their experience of what they call the American War and its lasting legacy through the lens of their own vital artistic visions. A North Vietnamese soldier forms a bond with an abandoned puppy. Cousins find their lives upended by the revelation that the...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• Foreword: Writing About War Is Writing About Peace
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• Introduction: A Note on the Selection and Translation of Stories
• 1. UNSUNG HERO
• 2. WHITE CLOUDS FLYING
• 3. LOUSE CRAB SEASON
• 4. BIRDS IN FORMATION
• 5. A CRESCENT MOON IN THE WOODS
• 6. MS. THOAI
• 7. THE CORPORAL
• 8. RED APPLES
• 9. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE VILLAGE
• 10. BROTHER, WHEN WILL YOU COME HOME?
• 11. WAR
• 12. THE CHAU RIVER PIER
• 13. STORMS
• 14. THEY BECAME MEN
• 15. AN AMERICAN SERVICE HAMLET
• 16. LOVE AND WAR
• 17. THE PERSON COMING FROM THE WOODS
• 18. OUT OF THE LAUGHING WOODS
• 19. THE SORROW WASN’T ONLY OURS
• 20. A MORAL MURDERER
• Permissions and Acknowledgments