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Originally Posted by issybird
Also no eBook, I'm afraid, but I'll nominate Novel Without a Name by Duong The Huong. From Goodreads:
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I was thinking along the same lines but I was worried that after we already did "All Quiet on the Western Front", nobody would want another war book. However, my choice was a different one:
The Sorrow of War by Bảo Ninh.
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Bao Ninh, a former North Vietnamese soldier, provides a strikingly honest look at how the Vietnam War forever changed his life, his country, and the people who live there. Originaly published against government wishes in Vietnam because of its nonheroic, non-ideological tone, The Sorrow of War has won worldwide acclaim and become an international bestseller
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It won the following:
Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (1994)
Sách Hay (2011)
Giải Thưởng Hội Nhà Văn Việt Nam (1991)
Nikkei Asia Prizes (2011)
So I guess that's my nomination. I was interested in Vietnamese authors for this month's challenge so I'll also third
Novel Without a Name while I'm here.