The sorrow of war : a novel / 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.
| Author/creator | Bảo Ninh |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London : Secker & Warburg, 1993. |
| Description | 216 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Palmos, Frank translator. |
| Other author/creator | Phan, Thanh Hao, 1950- translator. |
| Other author/creator | Vo, Bang Thanh, translator. |
| Other author/creator | Pierce, Katerina, translator. |
| Uniform title | Thân phận của tình yêu. English |
| Abstract | 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. |
| General note | Translation of: Thân phân cua tình yêu. |
| Digital Bookplate | Bookplate for Gene and Susan Roberts |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Rare copy gift of Gene and Susan Roberts, 2016. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Bảo Ninh. Thân phân cua tình yêu. English. Sorrow of war. London : Secker & Warburg, 1993 |
| Genre/form | Fictional autobiographies. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Autobiographical fiction. |
| ISBN | 0436310422 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780436310423 (pbk.) |