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Hanoi at Midnight - Stories (Hardcover)
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Hanoi at Midnight - Stories (Hardcover)
Series: Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network Series
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Of the twelve short stories appearing in HÃ Ná»™i at
Midnight, ten are appearing in English for the first time. Bringing
to life the full range of Bảo Ninh's inventive and poetic
language, Quan Manh Ha and Cab Tran are granting to English readers
Bảo Ninh's first book-length work since The Sorrow of War.
HÃ Ná»™i and Midnight delineates the complex outpourings of
war and the way it remakes our relation to each other. Bảo Ninh's
stories accentuate the gamut of human emotions: nostalgia, anguish,
desolation, melancholy, poignancy, and hope. His stories wistfully
render pre-war HÃ Ná»™i, its peaceful alleys and streets, its
courteous residents, and the cozy atmosphere when family members,
neighbors, and friends gather around a fire or converse in a coffee
shop, as in "HÃ Ná»™i at Midnight" and in "Reminiscences."
Juxtaposed with this tranquility and geniality are the abandoned
areas and defoliated forests occasioned by American bombardment and
the American use of Agent Orange, as in "An Unnamed Star" and "A
Farewell to a Soldier's Life." Images of polluted rivers and
streams, the war-torn sky, the pungent air filled with the stench
of decomposing human corpses, and the deafening roar of helicopters
and bombers hovering in the gloomy sky dominate the settings of
Bảo Ninh's stories. Intertwined with these horrific images are
human tears shed during farewell ceremonies, when recruits are
separated from their loved ones, when parents live in anxiety and
hope at home while their children are fighting in a war in remote
regions, and when soldiers bury their comrades and burden
themselves with their fallen comrades' unfulfilled wishes.
General
Imprint: |
Texas Tech Press,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network Series |
Release date: |
March 2023 |
Authors: |
Bảo Ninh
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Translators: |
Quan Manh Ha
• Cab Tran
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
216 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-68283-162-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
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LSN: |
1-68283-162-0 |
Barcode: |
9781682831625 |
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