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Romancing Vietnam: Inside the Boat Country
Justin Wintle
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Description for Romancing Vietnam: Inside the Boat Country
Paperback. An account of what Justin Wintle found in post-war Vietnam, and how for three months he played cat and mouse, with those charged with keeping him in line, while developing a profound love for more ordinary Vietnamese and the astonishing landscapes they inhabit. This book describes a heaven and hell country, full of the pain of war. Num Pages: 440 pages, 20 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FMV; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 578.
When the Vietnam War finally ended in April 1975 with the communist capture of Saigon, Vietnam itself became a closed country, out of bounds to western travellers and journalists. By 1989, however, such was Vietnam's economic plight that the government decided the time had come to open its doors again, albeit most gingerly. By a stroke of good fortune Justin Wintle became the first writer from the West to be allowed to journey around the whole of Vietnam, from Pac Bo on the Chinese border in the north to Ca Mau in the far south, below the Mekong Delta - ... Read more
When the Vietnam War finally ended in April 1975 with the communist capture of Saigon, Vietnam itself became a closed country, out of bounds to western travellers and journalists. By 1989, however, such was Vietnam's economic plight that the government decided the time had come to open its doors again, albeit most gingerly. By a stroke of good fortune Justin Wintle became the first writer from the West to be allowed to journey around the whole of Vietnam, from Pac Bo on the Chinese border in the north to Ca Mau in the far south, below the Mekong Delta - ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904955153
SKU
V9781904955153
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Justin Wintle
JUSTIN WINTLE is a well-known author, editor and journalist whose many other books include Furious Interiors: Wales, R. S. Thomas and God and Heat Treatment: Travels Beyond the Orient.
Reviews for Romancing Vietnam: Inside the Boat Country
"The best account so far of life in post-war Vietnam." The Economist "Magnificent...an engaging, funny, often very funny account of the difficulties of getting at this quicksilver world." Financial Times