The eaves of heaven : a life in three wars
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301 pages ; 21 cm
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2nd Floor - Lives
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From Andrew X. Pham, the award-winning author of Catfish and Mandala, a son's searing memoir of his Vietnamese father's experiences over the course of three wars. Once wealthy landowners, Thong Van Pham's family was shattered by the tumultuous events of the twentieth century: the festering French occupation of Indochina, the Japanese invasion during World War II, and the Vietnam War. Told in dazzling chapters that alternate between events in the past and those closer to the present, The Eaves of Heaven brilliantly re-creates the trials of everyday life in Vietnam as endured by one man, from the fall of Hanoi and the collapse of French colonialism to the frenzied evacuation of Saigon. Pham offers a rare portal into a lost world as he chronicles Thong Van Pham's heartbreaks, triumphs, and bizarre reversals of fortune, whether as a South Vietnamese soldier pinned down by enemy fire, a prisoner of the North Vietnamese under brutal interrogation, or a refugee desperately trying to escape Vietnam after the last American helicopter has abandoned Saigon.--From publisher description

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Pham, A. X. (2008). The eaves of heaven: a life in three wars . Three Rivers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pham, Andrew X., 1967-. 2008. The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars. Three Rivers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Pham, Andrew X., 1967-. The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars Three Rivers, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Pham, Andrew X. The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars Three Rivers, 2008.

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