Author(s): Bao Ninh (English version Frank Palmos, from trans by Phan Thanh Hao)

World fiction

This is the semi-autobiographical account of a soldier's experiences. The hero of the story, Kien, is a captain. After 10 years of war and months as a MIA body-collector, Kien suffers a nervous breakdown in Hanoi as he tries to re-establish a relationship with his former sweetheart.