Other Moons

Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its Aftermath
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-231-55163-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten

In this anthology, Vietnamese writers describe their experience of what they call the American War and its lasting legacy through the lens of their own vital artistic visions. The twenty short stories collected in Other Moons range from the intensely personal to narratives that deal with larger questions of remembrance, trauma, and healing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Ha, Quan Manh

Babcock, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: Writing About War Is Writing About Peace, by Bao Ninh
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Note on the Selection and Translation of Stories, by Quan Manh Ha and Joseph Babcock
1. Unsung Hero, by Nguyen Van Tho
2. White Clouds Flying, by Bao Ninh
3. Louse Crab Season, by Mai Tien Nghi
4. Birds in Formation, by Nguyen Ngoc Tu
5. A Crescent Moon in the Woods, by Nguyen Minh Chau
6. Ms. Thoai, by Hanh Le
7. The Corporal, by Nguyen Trong Luan
8. Red Apples, by Vuong Tam
9. The Most Beautiful Girl in the Village, by Ta Duy Anh
10. Brother, When Will You Come Home?, by Truong Van Ngoc
11. War, by Thai Ba Tan
12. The Chau River Pier, by Suong Nguyet Minh
13. Storms, by Nguyen Thi Mai Phuong
14. They Became Men, by Pham Ngoc Tien
15. An American Service Hamlet, by Nguyen Thi Thu Tran
16. Love and War, by Nguyen Ngoc Thuan
17. The Person Coming from the Woods, by Nguyen Thi Am
18. Out of the Laughing Woods, by Vo Thi Hao
19. The Sorrow Wasn’t Just Ours, by Luong Liem
20. A Moral Murderer, by Lai Van Long
Permissions and Acknowledgments

Über Autor(innen)

Quan Manh Ha is associate professor of American literature and ethnic studies at the University of Montana. His translations have previously appeared in Metamorphoses, CIRQUE, and the Southern Humanities Review, among others.

Joseph Babcock teaches writing at the University of San Diego. His work about Vietnam has appeared in the Daily Beast and the New York Times.