Title Statement |
Dust child: a novel / Nguyẽ̂n Phan Qué̂ Mai. |
Author |
Nguyẽ̂n, Phan Qué̂ Mai, 1973- |
Publication |
Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,2023. |
Edition |
First edition. |
Extent of Item |
339 pages ; |
ISBN |
9781643752754 (hardcover) |
Other Number |
pr06826014 |
Contents |
Child of the Enemy --Returning to the Land of Fear --An Impossible Choice --A Bird Finding Its Nest --The Heat of Sài Gòn --Sài Gòn Tea --A Flash of Hope --Facing the Consequences --Behind the Dark Room --The Tree of Love --The Secret --The Danger of Fire --The Cost of Hope --The Laughing Buddha --War and Peace --How to Be a Mother --Finding a Needle at the Bottom of the Ocean --The Past and the Future --Revenge and Forgiveness --Black Against White --Love and Honor. |
Summary |
"An American GI, two Vietnamese bargirls, and an Amerasian man are forced to make decisions during and after the Viet Nam War that will reverberate throughout one another's lives"-- |
Subjects & Genres |
By Topic |
Abandoned children--Fiction--Vietnam |
Amerasians--Fiction--Vietnam |
Children of military personnel--Fiction--Vietnam |
Families--Fiction--Vietnam |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Fiction--Children |
Vietnamese Americans--Fiction |
By Location |
Vietnam--Fiction--History--20th century |
By Genre |
Historical fiction |
Psychological fiction |
Novels |