Mourning headband for Hue : an account of the battle for Hue, Vietnam 1968 /

Mourning headband for Hue : an account of the battle for Hue, Vietnam 1968 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Nhã Ca, 1939- author.
Uniform title:	Giải khăn sô cho Huế. English
Imprint:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]
Description:	lxv, 305 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Nhã Ca, -- 1939- Nhã Ca, -- 1939- Tet Offensive (1968) Vietnam War (1961-1975) Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, Vietnamese. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Campaigns -- Vietnam -- Huế. Tet Offensive, 1968. Military campaigns. Vietnam -- Huế. Personal narratives -- Vietnamese.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10086310

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other uniform titles:	Dror, Olga, Translation of: Nhã Ca, 1939- Giải khăn sô cho Huế.
ISBN:	9780253014177 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253014174 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780253014320 (ebook)
Notes:	Translated from the Vietnamese. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"Vietnam, January, 1968. As the citizens of Hue are preparing to celebrate Tet, the start of the Lunar New Year, Nhã Ca arrives in the city to attend her father's funeral. Without warning, war erupts all around them, drastically changing or cutting short their lives. After a month of fighting, their beautiful city lies in ruins and thousands of people are dead. Mourning Headband for Hue tells the story of what happened during the fierce North Vietnamese offensive and is an unvarnished and riveting account of war as experienced by ordinary people caught up in the violence"--

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Note on Translation
Translator's Introduction
Map of the Key Places Mentioned in the Book
List of Characters
Small Preface: Writing to Take Responsibility
1. First Hours
2. The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
3. On a Boat Trip
4. Hodge-podge
5. A Person from Tu Dàm Comes Back and Tells His Story
6. Going Back into the Hell of the Fighting
7. Story from the Citadel
8. Returning to the Old House
9. A Dog in Midstream
10. Little Child of Hue, Little Child of Vietnam, I Wish You Luck