Mourning headband for Hue : an account of the battle for Hue, Vietnam 1968 / Nhâ Ca ; translated and with an introduction by Olga Dror.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ca, Nhâ, 1939- author.

Contributor:

Dror, Olga, translator.

Standardized Title:

Giải khăn sô cho Huế. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, Vietnamese.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Campaigns--Vietnam--Huế.

Tet Offensive, 1968.

Ca, Nhâ, 1939-.

Ca, Nhâ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Vietnam, January, 1968. As the citizens of Hue are preparing to celebrate Tet, the start of the Lunar New Year, Nhã Ca arrives in the city to attend her father's funeral. Without warning, war erupts all around them, drastically changing or cutting short their lives. After a month of fighting, their beautiful city lies in ruins and thousands of people are dead. Mourning Headband for Hue tells the story of what happened during the fierce North Vietnamese offensive and is an unvarnished and riveting account of war as experienced by ordinary people caught up in the violence"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Small preface : writing to take responsibility

First hours

The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer

On a boat trip

Hodge-podge

A person from Tu Dam comes back and tells his story

Going back into the hell of the fighting

Story from the citadel

Returning to the old house

A dog in midstream

Little child of Hue, little child of Vietnam, I wish you luck.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253014320

0253014328

OCLC:

890531172