Perfume dreams : reflections on the Vietnamese diaspora / Andrew Lam ; foreword by Richard Rodriguez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lam, Andrew

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lam, Andrew.

Vietnamese Americans--Biography.

Vietnamese Americans.

Lam, Andrew--Family.

Refugees--United States--Biography.

Refugees.

Refugees--Social conditions.

Vietnamese Americans--Ethnic identity.

Vietnamese Americans--Social conditions.

Families.

United States.

Vietnamese--Migrations.

Vietnamese.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 143 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : Heyday Books, [2005]

Summary:

A brilliant first collection of the work of frequent NPR contributor, journalist, and Pacific News Service Editor Andrew Lam. He uses his work over the last two decades to explore his life as an American and to return to his Vietnamese heritage. His truggle and that of a million other Vietnamese expatriates is much the same as many others who belong to two countries. His insights point out the unique situation of today and what it is like to go home.

Contents:

Lost photos

Child of two worlds

Letter to a young refugee

Notes of a warrior's son

Love, money, prison, sin, revenge

National defeat day, national liberation day

The stories they carried

They shut the door on my grandmother

My Vietnam, my America

Vietnam : coming of age in a changing nation

Trash

The accent

Viet Kieu

The dead travel

Christmas in Dalat, Christmas in America

Two Passports.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1597140201

OCLC:

60373647