The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780195124347 (0195124340)
Publish date: April 8th 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
This book would make fantastic supplemental reading for a course on Vietnamese history. The author chronicles more than a hundred years of the country’s recent past, using her family’s experiences as a focal point. It begins in the mid 19th century, when several of her male ancestors served as manda...
At times it can be a bit overbearing and in the beginning it is interesting to learn about the Mandarin system it is a bit dry. However, it certainly builds up when the narrator and the author starts to talk about her own life and the experiences she and her family go through. It is quite a magnum o...
On completion:ETA: After reading this book you must read about the Quiet War in Laos and the Hmong who fought it: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two CulturesDo you really want to understand the Vietnam War? This book is about a Vie...
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