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Author | : Marcelino Truong |
Publisher | : arsenal pulp press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2017-10-03 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 1551526913 |
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In this sequel to the graphic memoir Such a Lovely Little War, young Marcelino and his family move from Saigon to swinging London in order to escape the war. There, he discovers an exciting new world of hedonists and hippies, while his mother slips further into her bipolar disorder, and Vietnam slips further into tragedy and heartbreak.
Author | : Marcelino Truong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 9781551526898 |
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Sequel to the acclaimed Such a Lovely Little War: growing up Vietnamese in swinging London as the Vietnam war intensifies.
Author | : Marcelino Truong |
Publisher | : arsenal pulp press |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2016-10-17 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 1551526484 |
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This riveting, beautifully produced graphic memoir tells the story of the early years of the Vietnam war as seen through the eyes of a young boy named Marco, the son of a Vietnamese diplomat and his French wife. The book opens in America, where the boy’s father works for the South Vietnam embassy; there the boy is made to feel self-conscious about his otherness thanks to schoolmates who play war games against the so-called “Commies.” The family is called back to Saigon in 1961, where the father becomes Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem’s personal interpreter; as the growing conflict between North and South intensifies, so does turmoil within Marco’s family, as his mother struggles to grapple with bipolar disorder. Visually powerful and emotionally potent, Such a Lovely Little War is both a large-scale and intimate study of the Vietnam war as seen through the eyes of the Vietnamese: a turbulent national history interwined with an equally traumatic familial one. Marcelino Truong is an illustrator, painter, and author. Born the son of a Vietnamese diplomat in 1957 in the Philippines, he and his family moved to America (where his father worked for the embassy) and then to Vietnam at the outset of the war. He earned degrees in law at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, and English literature at the Sorbonne. He lives in Paris, France.
Author | : Thanhha Lai |
Publisher | : Univ. of Queensland Press |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2013-03-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0702251178 |
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Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.
Author | : Ralph White |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2023-04-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1982195193 |
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A “captivating” (The Washington Post) true story of “courage, resolve, and determination” (Christian Science Monitor), author Ralph White’s successful effort to save nearly the entire staff of the Saigon branch of Chase Manhattan bank and their families before the city fell to the North Vietnamese Army. In April 1975, Ralph White was asked by his boss to transfer from the Bangkok branch of the Chase Manhattan Bank to the Saigon Branch. He was tasked with closing the branch if and when it appeared that Saigon would fall to the North Vietnamese army and ensure the safety of the senior Vietnamese employees. But when he arrived, he realized the situation in Saigon was far more perilous than he had imagined. The senior staff members there urged him to evacuate the entire staff of the branch and their families, which was far more than he was authorized to do. Quickly he realized that no one would be safe when the city fell, and it was no longer a question of whether to evacuate but how. Getting Out of Saigon is an “edge-of-your-seat” (Oprah Daily) story of a city on the eve of destruction and the colorful characters who respond differently to impending doom. It’s a remarkable account of one man’s quest to save innocent lives not because he was ordered but because it was the right thing to do.
Author | : Nghia M. Vo |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2011-08-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786486341 |
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Saigon (since 1976, officially Hồ Chi Minh City but widely still referred to as Saigon) is the largest metropolitan area in modern Vietnam and has long been the country's economic engine. This is the city's complete history, from its humble beginnings as a Khmer village in the swampy Mekong delta to its emergence as a major political, economic and cultural hub. The city's many transitions through the hands of the Chams, Khmers, Vietnamese, Chinese, French, Japanese, Americans, nationalists and communists are examined in detail, as well as the Saigon-led resistance to collectivization and the city's central role in Vietnam's perestroika-like economic reforms.
Author | : David G. Marr |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 744 |
Release | : 2013-04-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520954971 |
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Amidst the revolutionary euphoria of August 1945, most Vietnamese believed that colonialism and war were being left behind in favor of independence and modernization. The late-September British-French coup de force in Saigon cast a pall over such assumptions. Ho Chi Minh tried to negotiate a mutually advantageous relationship with France, but meanwhile told his lieutenants to plan for a war in which the nascent state might have to survive without allies. In this landmark study, David Marr evokes the uncertainty and contingency as well as coherence and momentum of fast-paced events. Mining recently accessible sources in Aix-en-Provence and Hanoi, Marr explains what became the largest, most intense mobilization of human resources ever seen in Vietnam.
Author | : Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Economic geography |
ISBN | : |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Archives |
ISBN | : |
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Published to provide British delegates with information for the Peace Conference.
Author | : Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Asia |
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