The Prince of Peace — A Novel of Love and War Resistance

5/15/2013

On a long train ride from Los Angeles to Oakland recently I was able to take up the recommendation of …

No Man’s Land: A Novel from Vietnam by Duong Thu Huong

4/11/2013

I couldn’t have been more surprised when our guide in Hanoi, a Vietnamese Catholic, mentioned offhandedly that some soldiers coming …

4/8/2013

I first encountered Ho Anh Thai’s fiction at it’s fantastical best in the wonderful Whereabouts volume of Vietnam: A Traveller’s …

3/4/2013

Saigon is a surprise and still a sorrow. 38 years after the American war ended it shows barely a sign …

3/2/2013

Packed with my travel duffle for a 5 week trip to South East Asia is one of the indispensable series of books …

1/7/2013

Paradise of the Blind (1988) is Duong Thu Huong’s second serious novel, following a series of popular short stories, a novel …

12/12/2012

Begining to think about a trip to South East Asia, including 12 days in Vietnam, I turned to a friend …