The Sorrow of War
Subtitle: a novel
By: Bao Ninh; English version by Frank Palmos based on the translation from the Vietnamese by Vo Bang Thanh and Phan Thanh Hao with Katerina Pierce
Contributors: Frank Palmos (Translator); Phan Thanh Hao (Translator)
Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Published: 1993
Place of publication: London, UK
Language: eng
Translation of: Than Pahn Cua Tinh Yeu
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780436310423
Copyright date: 1993
First sentence: On the banks of the Ya Crong Poco river, on the northern flank of the B3 battlefield in the Central Highlands, the Missing In Action Remains-Gathering Team awaits the dry season of 1975.
Description: This is the semi-autobiographical account of a soldier's experiences. The hero of the story, Kien, is a captain. After 10 years of war and months as a MIA body-collector, Kien suffers a nervous breakdown in Hanoi as he tries to re-establish a relationship with his former sweetheart.