![]() “The general population didn’t care about ,” Ninh says of the “disrespect” shown to them (N79). These two works are sorrowful lamentations about how people are callous about Việt Nam War stories. Authored by former foot soldiers, these self-representational narratives present striking similarities in stressful combat situations, wartime traumas, and arduous postwar struggles. O’Brien served in Việt Nam as an infantryman from 1968 to 1970. 1 Ninh is a shaggy-haired writer from Hanoi who served in the Glorious 27th Youth Brigade and fought in the Central Highlands. ![]() The Sorro w of War is an award-winning international bestseller that children peddle on street corners in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The Things They Carried, a semi-autobiographical novel that reads like a collection of short stories, is one of the finest and most widely read books about the Việt Nam War. These two novels bring the reader into communion with the enormous weight of sorrow that resulted from fighting in a devastating war. 1946) The Things They Carried (1990) are Việt Nam classics that depict traumatic memories of war veterans. 1952) The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam (1990) and Tim O’Brien’s (b. Re-envisioning Asia: Contestations and Struggles in the Visual Artsīao Ninh’s (b.Distinguished Service to the Association for Asian Studies Award.Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies Award.Striving for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Asian Studies: Humanities Grants for Asian Studies Scholars.Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellowship in Southeast Asian Studies.Cultivating the Humanities & Social Sciences Initiative Grants.Key Issues in Asian Studies Book Series. ![]()
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