The Sorrow of War
Author(s): Bao Ninh
Kien's job is to search the Jungle of Screaming Souls for corpses. He knows the area well - this was where, in the dry season of 1969, his battalion was obliterated by American napalm and helicopter gunfire. Kien was one of only ten survivors.
Product Information
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 ten who survived. A huge bestseller in Vietnam, The Sorrow of War is his first novel.
General Fields
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- : Random House UK
- : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
- : 0.175
- : 30 November 1994
- : 198mm X 129mm X 15mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Bao Ninh
- : Paperback