num_pages: 304
description: This bilingual collection affirms the importance of poetry in the formation and perpetuation of Vietnamese national identity. The poems testify to the centrality of war in Vietnamese history and experience over the past 50 years, beginning with Ho Chi Minh in the 1940s.
language: English
title: Mountain River: Vietnamese Poetry from the Wars, 1948-1993
titlecomplete: Mountain River: Vietnamese Poetry from the Wars, 1948-1993
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 11
publisher: University of Massachusetts Press