{"product_id":"hanoi-at-midnight-stories-paperback-softback-9781682832028","title":"Hanoi at Midnight; Stories (Paperback \/ softback) 9781682832028","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHanoi at Midnight\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStories\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBao Ninh (Author), Quan Manh Ha (Translated by), Cab Tran (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781682832028\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.167 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“In this 2023 collection, the twelve stories Bao Ninh selects (most newly published in English with two stories re-translated at his request) evoke both deep sorrow and timeless longing. [The] graceful translation brings alive these universal stories that probe the deep sorrow of war and its aftermath, even as they touch our hearts with longing and hope. \u003ci\u003eHa Noi at Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of powerful stories that seeks to take a stand against war by writing about peace—about reconciliation and the human journey toward redemption. Read [this book]. In the face of unending sorrow, these stories retain the power to work miracles.” —Thomas G. Bowie Jr., \u003ci\u003eWar, Literature \u0026amp; the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities \u003c\/i\u003e35 (2023)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBreaking a thirty-year silence, Bảo Ninh has permitted at last the publication of a new work in English. Ninh is perhaps Vietnam's foremost chronicler of the war, which he joined at age 17. Bringing to life the full range of his inventive and poetic language, Quan Manh Ha and Cab Tran are granting to English readers Bảo Ninh's first book-length work since \u003ci\u003eThe Sorrow of War\u003c\/i\u003e, which catapulted him to fame and which was banned in Vietnam until 2006. In \u003ci\u003eHà Nội at Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e, ten stories are appearing in the West for the first time.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJuxtaposed with tranquility and geniality are abandoned landscapes and defoliated forests. Polluted rivers and streams, the war-torn sky, pungent air filled with the stench of decomposing human corpses, and the deafening roar of helicopters and bombers hovering in the gloom dominate the settings of Bảo Ninh's stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntertwined with these horrific images are human tears shed during farewell ceremonies, when recruits are separated from their loved ones, when parents live in anxiety and hope while their children are fighting in remote regions, and when soldiers bury their comrades and burden themselves with the fallen's unfulfilled wishes. \u003ci\u003eHà Nội at Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e delineates the complex outpourings of war and the way it remakes human relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Texas Tech University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670768021784,"sku":"9781682832028","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hanoi-at-midnight-stories-paperback-softback-9781682832028","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}