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Apocalypse Hotel
Ho Thai
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Description for Apocalypse Hotel
"Now in English, a cautionary tale about how wars meant to liberate can nevertheless present degrading aftereffects and unforeseen consequences"--Provided by publisher. Translator(s): McIntyre, Jonathan. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Three violent deaths occur within days among a group of young nouveaux riches of Hanoi—but neither the victims nor the circumstances are as they seem. Is fate responsible? Or a woman of extreme beauty and mystery? When Danang Publishing House risked bringing out Ho Anh Thai's controversial novel Cõi người rung chuông tận thế (The Apocalypse Bell Tolls in the Human World) in 2002 after numerous others had refused it, Vietnam was a nation still struggling to find its identity decades after being torn apart by war. Ho Anh Thai's previous stories and novels had already seized the imagination of ... Read more
Three violent deaths occur within days among a group of young nouveaux riches of Hanoi—but neither the victims nor the circumstances are as they seem. Is fate responsible? Or a woman of extreme beauty and mystery? When Danang Publishing House risked bringing out Ho Anh Thai's controversial novel Cõi người rung chuông tận thế (The Apocalypse Bell Tolls in the Human World) in 2002 after numerous others had refused it, Vietnam was a nation still struggling to find its identity decades after being torn apart by war. Ho Anh Thai's previous stories and novels had already seized the imagination of ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896728035
SKU
V9780896728035
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About Ho Thai
Born in Hanoi in 1960, Ho Anh Thai is one of the most prolific writers in Vietnam. He has published more than twenty novels and short story collections, which have been translated into ten languages. Wayne Karlin, professor of languages and literature at the College of Southern Maryland, has written ten novels and nonfiction books, and ... Read more
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