Such a Lovely Little War | Saigon 1961-63 | Marcelino Truong | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2016 | Arsenal Pulp Press | EAN 9781551526478 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu
Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016. First Canadian edition. First printing. Softcover. Fine in publisher's illustrated wraps with French flaps. A tight, clean copy. Octavo, 276 pages. Truong's graphic memoir of his childhood in Saigon during the early years of the Vietnam War, blending personal narrative with political and historical commentary. Marcelino Truong (b. 1957) is a French-Vietnamese illustrator and writer, known for his works exploring the intersections of family history and the Vietnam War. "Such a Lovely Little War" is the first volume of his two-part memoir, followed by "Saigon Calling: London 196375." I
Paperback. This riveting, beautifully produced graphic memoir tells the story of the early years of the Vietnam war as seen through the eyes of a young boy named Marco, the son of a Vietnamese diplomat and his French wife. The book opens in America, where the boy's father works for the South Vietnam embassy; there the boy is made to feel self-conscious about his otherness thanks to schoolmates who play war games against the so-called "Commies." The family is called back to Saigon in 1961, where the father becomes Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem's personal interpreter; as the growing conflict between North and South intensifies, so does turmoil within Marco's family, as his mother struggles to grapple with bipolar disorder. Visually powerful and emotionally potent, Such a Lovely Little War is both a large-scale and intimate study of the Vietnam war as seen through the eyes of the Vietnamese: a turbulent national history interwined with an equally traumatic familial one."Throughthe stark immediacy of the graphic memoir, Truong captures the child'sperspective of daily life in a war zone." Sydney Morning Herald Read the full review here. Visually powerful and emotionally potent, Such a Lovely Little War is both a large-scale and intimate study of the Vietnam war as seen through the eyes of the Vietnamese: a turbulent national history interwined with an equally traumatic familial one. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016-10-25. paperback. Good. 6x1x9. Textbook, May Have Highlights, Notes and/or Underlining, BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE, NO CD, Ships with Tracking
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