Past continuous
By: Nguyen khai ; translated and adapted by Phan Thanh Hao and Wayne Karlin with afterword by Wayne Karlin.
Contributors: Phan, Thanh Hao, 1950-; Karlin, Wayne.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Curbstone Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Willimantic, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Description: "Nguyen Khai's documentary novel, Past Continuous, published in the early 1980s before the "doi moi" policy was introduced, gives a fascinating inside view of North Vietnamese views and strategies during the American War in Vietnam. As the three narrators exchange reminiscences, we not only learn about the inner-workings of the liberation movement, but we also see the tensions that developed afterward in their post-war society.

The novel dramatizes the histories, adventures, and emotions of three extraordinary people - a secret agent, a female battalion commander, and a Catholic priest who supported the revolution. In Nguyen Khai, we have a Vietnamese Graham Greene exploring the revolution through the minds of three very different consciousnesses."--BOOK JACKET.