The eaves of heaven : a life in three wars 1st ed.

The eaves of heaven : a life in three wars

1st ed.

Material type: 図書

Author: by Andrew X. Pham [on behalf of my father, Thong Van Pham]

Publisher: Harmony Books

Publication date: c2008

Material Format: Paper

Capacity, size, etc.: 25 cm

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Note (General)：: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299)Summary: From Andrew X. Pham, the award-winning author of Catfish and Mandala, a son's searing memoir of h...

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Material Type: 図書
ISBN: 9780307381200
Title: The eaves of heaven : a life in three wars
Author/Editor: by Andrew X. Pham [on behalf of my father, Thong Van Pham]
Edition: 1st ed.
Author Heading: Pham, Andrew X.
Publication, Distribution, etc.: Harmony Books
Publication Date: c2008
Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2008
Size: 25 cm
Place of Publication (Country Code): us
Text Language Code: en
Subject Heading: Pham, Thong Van
Vietnamese Americans -- Biography
Refugees -- United States -- Biography
Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
LCC: E184.V53
Target Audience: 一般
Note (General): Includes bibliographical references (p. 299)
Summary: From Andrew X. Pham, the award-winning author of Catfish and Mandala, a son's searing memoir of his Vietnamese father's experiences over the course of three wars. Once wealthy landowners, Thong Van Pham's family was shattered by the tumultuous events of the twentieth century: the festering French occupation of Indochina, the Japanese invasion during World War II, and the Vietnam War. Told in dazzling chapters that alternate between events in the past and those closer to the present, The Eaves of Heaven brilliantly re-creates the trials of everyday life in Vietnam as endured by one man, from the fall of Hanoi and the collapse of French colonialism to the frenzied evacuation of Saigon. Pham offers a rare portal into a lost world as he chronicles Thong Van Pham's heartbreaks, triumphs, and bizarre reversals of fortune, whether as a South Vietnamese soldier pinned down by enemy fire, a prisoner of the North Vietnamese under brutal interrogation, or a refugee desperately trying to escape Vietnam after the
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