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Catinat Boulevard / Caroline Vu.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.4.V83 C38 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vu, Caroline, 1959- author.
- Series:
- Essential prose series ; 211.
- Essential prose series ; 211
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical fiction.
- Friendship--Fiction.
- Friendship.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Fiction.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)--Fiction.
- Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam).
- New York (State)--Fiction.
- New York (State).
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 467 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto ; Chicago ; Buffalo ; Lancaster (U.K.) : Guernica Editions, 2023.
- Summary:
- "Beginning in Saigon during the Vietnam War and ending in present day New York, Catinat Boulevard tells the story of two friends Mai and Mai Ly. While Mai flirts with American GIs in rowdy bars along Catinat Boulevard, Mai Ly joins the communist resistance in the jungle. The story also follows Nat, Mai's half Vietnamese-half African-American son abandoned in a Saigon orphanage."-- Provided by publisher.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Vu, Caroline, 1959- Catinat Boulevard.
- ISBN:
- 9781771838276
- 1771838272
- OCLC:
- 1356823427
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