White Métisse

In this evocative memoir, Kim Lefévre recounts her childhood and adolescence growing up in colonial Viet Nam. Set within a tumultuous period of Franco-Vietnamese history - resistance and revolt, World War II and the Japanese invasion, the first war for independence against the French - White Métisse offers a unique view of watershed events.

About the author

Born in Viet Nam in the 1930s, Kim Lefévre is a memoirist, novelist, and translator who has lived in France since 1960.

Jack A. Yeager is professor of French studies and women’s and gender studies at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

Summary

In this evocative memoir, Kim Lefévre recounts her childhood and adolescence growing up in colonial Viet Nam. Set within a tumultuous period of Franco-Vietnamese history - resistance and revolt, World War II and the Japanese invasion, the first war for independence against the French - White Métisse offers a unique view of watershed events.

Product details

• Authors: Kim Lefaevre, Kim Lefevre, Kim Lefèvre
• Assisted by: Jack A Yeager (Translation), Jack A. Yeager (Translation)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780824872670
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-7267-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 213 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies