1st Edition
Bao Ninh's Contribution to Vietnamese and World Literature "The Sorrow of War" and his Short Stories
Preface; Introduction Part I: The Setting 1. Bảo Ninh: Life and times of a maverick; 2. The Indochina War (1946-1954, 1964-1975); 3. War in History and War in Literature: Where is the Truth? Part II: The Sorrow of War 4. Understanding War from An Insider's Perspective: Self-conscious Narrator as a Witness in War; 5. Understanding the Double Trauma in The Sorrow of War Part III: Bao Ninh’s Short Stories 6. Understanding War From Peripheral Fragments about Humans; 7. Understanding War from the Perspective of a Male Dominant Voice Part IV: The Phenomenon Bao Ninh 8. Bao Ninh and Vietnam’s Image; Appendix; Index
Biography
Cao Kim Lan is Associate Professor of Literary Theory and Criticism, Institute of Literature, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Hanoi, Vietnam.
Ooi Keat Gin is Professor of the Modern History of Brunei/Borneo at the Academy of Brunei Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei and Visiting Professor at the Korean Institute of ASEAN Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies, South Korea.
