Other Moons : Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its Aftermath

In this anthology, Vietnamese writers describe their experience of what they call the American War and its lasting legacy through the lens of their own vital artistic visions. The twenty short stories collected in __Other Moons__ range from the intensely personal to narratives that deal with larger questions of remembrance, trauma, and healing. "In this anthology, Vietnamese writers describe their experience of what they call the American War and its lasting legacy through the lens of their own vital artistic visions. A North Vietnamese soldier forms a bond with an abandoned puppy. Cousins find their lives upended by the revelation that their fathers fought on opposite sides of the war. Two lonely veterans in Hanoi meet years after the war has ended through a newspaper dating service. A psychic assists the search for the body of a long-vanished soldier. The father of a girl suffering from dioxin poisoning struggles with corrupt local officials. The twenty short stories collected in Other Moons range from the intensely personal to narratives that deal with larger questions of remembrance, trauma, and healing. By a diverse set of authors, including many veterans, they span styles from social realism to tales of the fantastic. Yet whether describing the effects of Agent Orange exposure or telling ghost stories, all speak to the unresolved legacy of a conflict that still haunts Vietnam. Among the most widely anthologized and popular pieces of short fiction about the war in Vietnam, these works appear here for the first time in English. Other Moons offers Anglophone audiences an unparalleled opportunity to experience how the Vietnamese think and write about the conflict that consumed their country from 1954 to 1975-a perspective still largely missing from American narratives"-- Provided by publisher 10.7312_ha--19608-fm 10.7312_ha--19608-toc 10.7312_ha--19608-001 10.7312_ha--19608-002 10.7312_ha--19608-003 10.7312_ha--19608-004 10.7312_ha--19608-005 10.7312_ha--19608-006 10.7312_ha--19608-007 10.7312_ha--19608-008 10.7312_ha--19608-009 10.7312_ha--19608-010 10.7312_ha--19608-011 10.7312_ha--19608-012 10.7312_ha--19608-013 10.7312_ha--19608-014 10.7312_ha--19608-015 10.7312_ha--19608-016 10.7312_ha--19608-017 10.7312_ha--19608-018 10.7312_ha--19608-019 10.7312_ha--19608-020 10.7312_ha--19608-021 10.7312_ha--19608-022 10.7312_ha--19608-023 10.7312_ha--19608-024