A Wavering Grace - A Vietnamese Family in War and Peace

Informationen zum Autor Gavin Young (1929-2001) was a journalist, writer, and briefly a member of MI6. As a journalist, he was most associated with the Observer , being in the words of Mark Frankland's obituary 'a star foreign correspondent'. When disenchantment with journalism set in he turned to the writing of books. The two most famous ones are Slow Boats to China and its sequel Slow Boats Home . He himself had a particular affection for two later books In Search of Conrad (winner of the Thomas Cook Book Award) and A Wavering Grace . These and Beyond Lion Rock , From Sea to Shining Sea , Return to the Marshes and Worlds Apart are all being reissued in Faber Finds. Klappentext A personal account of how one ordinary family survived the horrors of war and a political process that was beyond their control. Zusammenfassung As an Observer correspondent in Vietnam before the American withdrawal in 1975, Gavin Young met many courageous Vietnamese people. A Wavering Grace could be described as a love story [and] tells the story of Vietnam and Mme Bong's family in its many conflicting complexions.' Andrew Barrow, Spectator

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gavin Young, Young Gavin
• Con la collaborazione di: Gavi Young (Editore), Gavin Young (Editore)
• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 21.05.2009
• EAN: 9780571251506
• ISBN: 978-0-571-25150-6
• Pagine: 252
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Viaggi > Reportage di viaggio, racconti di viaggio; Vietnam, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, TRAVEL / Asia / Southeast, Travel writing, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, Faber Finds; Immigration; Vietnam; War