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Phong Nha : the making of an American smile / Tammy Nguyễn.
Van Pelt Library PS3614.G95 P56 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nguyen, Tammy, 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 42 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn, NY : Ugly Duckling Presse, 2020.
- Summary:
- "This essay about a girl who was born missing two of her front teeth is also a story about cave formations in Phong Nha, Vietnam; a manmade island called Forest City near the Strait of Malacca; and the famous tale of three prisoners staring at shadows in a cave. As Nguyen's narrative moves through autobiography, politics, geology, and philosophy, it reveals fissures in the notion of shared truth while illuminating how stories, true or not, often serve as moral compasses." - back cover.
- Notes:
- "[P]art of UDP's 2020 Pamphlet Series"--back matter.
- Edition of 1,000 copies.
- ISBN:
- 1946433411
- 9781946433411
- OCLC:
- 1182846809
- Publisher Number:
- 99986735873
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