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"Remarkable. . . . A gift from a heroine who was killed at twenty-seven but whose voice has survived to remind us of the humanity and decency that endure amid--and despite--the horror and chaos of war."
--Francine Prose, O, The Oprah Magazine Brutally honest and rich in detail, this posthumously published diary of a twenty-seven-year-old Vietcong woman doctor, saved from destruction by an American soldier, gives us fresh insight into the lives of those fighting on the other side of the Vietnam War. It is a story of the struggle for one's ideals amid the despair and grief of war, but most of all, it is a story of hope in the most dire circumstances. "As much a drama of feelings as a drama of war."
--Seth Mydans, New York Times "A book to be read by and included in any course on the literature of the war. . . . A major contribution."
--Chicago Tribune "An illuminating picture of what life was like among the enemy guerrillas, especially in the medical community."
--The VVA Veteran, official publication of Vietnam Veterans of America
Author: Dang Thuy Tram
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 10/07/2008
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.88h x 5.24w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9780307347381
ISBN10: 0307347389
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Vietnam War
- History | Modern | 20th Century | General
--Francine Prose, O, The Oprah Magazine Brutally honest and rich in detail, this posthumously published diary of a twenty-seven-year-old Vietcong woman doctor, saved from destruction by an American soldier, gives us fresh insight into the lives of those fighting on the other side of the Vietnam War. It is a story of the struggle for one's ideals amid the despair and grief of war, but most of all, it is a story of hope in the most dire circumstances. "As much a drama of feelings as a drama of war."
--Seth Mydans, New York Times "A book to be read by and included in any course on the literature of the war. . . . A major contribution."
--Chicago Tribune "An illuminating picture of what life was like among the enemy guerrillas, especially in the medical community."
--The VVA Veteran, official publication of Vietnam Veterans of America
Author: Dang Thuy Tram
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 10/07/2008
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.88h x 5.24w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9780307347381
ISBN10: 0307347389
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Vietnam War
- History | Modern | 20th Century | General
About the Author
DANG THUY TRAM was a Vietnamese doctor who volunteered at the age of twenty-four to work in a Vietcong battlefield hospital in the Quan Ngai province. In the two years she worked in the hospital before her death in 1970, she recorded all she saw and felt in the pages of her diary.