num_pages: 460
description: From Vietnam's most popular writer and famous dissident comes a mesmerizing novel about a tragic love triangle between characters whose destinies have been irrevocably altered by the absurdity of warNo Man's Land is set in a hamlet in the countryside of central Vietnam immediately following the end of the war in 1975, where a young woman, happily married to a successful farmer, comes home one day to find a throng of villagers assembled around her gate. She learns that her first husband, who reportedly died as a martyr and war hero many years back, is in fact alive and has returned to claim her.
language: English
title: No Man's Land
titlecomplete: No Man's Land
characters: Mien, Bon, Hoan
genres: Asian Literature, France, Roman, Asia, Novels, War, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Fiction
ratings_count: 594
places: Vietnam
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle
publisher: Hachette Books