Query: Vietnam set novels that are not about war and conflict
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
The Book of Salt
Full Force and Effect
Dusklands
Baraka (novel)
Dumb Luck (novel)
The Time in Between
The Tiger General
Evidence from documents: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: '''''On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous''''' is the debut novel by Vietnamese-American poet Ocean Vuong, published by Penguin Press on June 4, 2019. An epistolary novel, it is written in the form of a letter from a Vietnamese American son to his illiterate mother.
The novel is written in the form of a letter by a young Vietnamese American nicknamed Little Dog, whose life mirrors that of Ocean Vuong. The letter is written to Little Dog's mother Hong, more often called or translated as Rose (''hồng''). The novel has a nonlinear narrative structure.
The Book of Salt: '''''The Book of Salt''''' is a 2003 debut novel by Vietnamese-American author Monique Truong.


It presents a narrative through the eyes of Bình, a Vietnamese cook. His story centers in Paris in his life as the cook in the home of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, and is supplemented by his memories of his childhood in French-colonial Vietnam. This book is structured as a stream of consciousness narrative, in which Bình's present circumstances are mixed with episodes from his past, showing bits and pieces of people and events from the Lost Generation in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s.
Full Force and Effect: '''''Full Force and Effect''''' (stylized as '''''Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect''''', '''''Tom Clancy: Full Force and Effect''''', or '''''Tom Clancy’s Full Force and Effect''''' in the United Kingdom) is a political thriller, written by Mark Greaney and published on December 2, 2014. It is the fifteenth overall entry in the Jack Ryan series and the first such entry to be published after original author Tom Clancy’s death during the previous year, as well as Greaney’s second solo contribution to the franchise.
Dusklands: '''''Dusklands''''' (1974) is the debut novel by J. M. Coetzee, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. The novel consists of two separate stories, "The Vietnam Project" and "The Narrative of Jacobus Coetzee."
The first story, "The Vietnam Project", relates the gradual descent into insanity of its protagonist Eugene Dawn. Eugene works for a U.S. government agency responsible for the psychological warfare in the Vietnam War. However, his work on mythography and psychological operations is taking a heavy toll on him; his fall culminates in him stabbing his own son, Martin.
Baraka (novel): '''''Baraka, or the Lives, Fortunes and Sacred Honor of Anthony Smith''''' (commonly referred to simply as '''''Baraka Lives''''') is a novel written by Canadian writer and essayist John Ralston Saul. It was first published in 1983.
The story involves a multinational oil company's attempts to gain oil rights in Vietnam by supporting an arms deal.
Dumb Luck (novel): '''''Dumb Luck''''' (''Số đỏ'') is a 1936 novel by Vietnamese novelist Vũ Trọng Phụng which satirises the late-colonial Vietnamese middle classes. The novel was banned by the Vietnamese Communist Party, first in North Vietnam from 1960 to 1975, then throughout the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam until 1986, due to the author's realistic description of sexual content which was considered unsuitable.
Until now, the book "Dumb Luck" was re-published in Vietnam. At the same time, an abridged version is also included in the literature curriculum for Vietnamese high schools.
The Time in Between: It deals with a man, who mysteriously returns to Vietnam, where he had been a soldier earlier in his life, followed by his children, who also go to Vietnam to search for him.
The Tiger General: '''The Tiger General''', subtitled ''The Memoirs of a Vietnamese Intelligence Chief'', is a novel by John Havan.