The eaves of heaven : a life in three wars
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Published
New York : Harmony Books, [2008].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
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Published
New York : Harmony Books, [2008].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Lexile measure
920
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 299).
Description
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 last American helicopter has abandoned Saigon.--From publisher description.
Target Audience
920L,Lexile
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