The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam

240 Pages·1995·1.85 MB·English

by  Bao Ninh

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A Novel of: Nollth Vietnant
Baa Ninh
Translatedf rom the Vietnamese
by Phan Thanh Hao
Editedb y FrankP almos
Pantheon Books, New Yol'k
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