Bao Ninh's Contribution to Vietnamese and World Literature: ""The Sorrow of War"" and his Short Stories
Author:   Cao Kim Lan (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam) ,  Ooi Gin (Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   230
Publication Date:   22 May 2026
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Bao Ninh's Contribution to Vietnamese and World Literature: ""The Sorrow of War"" and his Short Stories


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Author:   Cao Kim Lan (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam) ,  Ooi Gin (Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781032616186


ISBN 10:   1032616180
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   22 May 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction Part I: The Setting 1. Bảo Ninh: Life and times of a maverick; 2. The Indochina War (1946-1954, 1964-1975); 3. War in History and War in Literature: Where is the Truth? Part II: The Sorrow of War 4. Understanding War from An Insider's Perspective: Self-conscious Narrator as a Witness in War; 5. Understanding the Double Trauma in The Sorrow of War Part III: Bao Ninh’s Short Stories 6. Understanding War From Peripheral Fragments about Humans; 7. Understanding War from the Perspective of a Male Dominant Voice Part IV: The Phenomenon Bao Ninh 8. Bao Ninh and Vietnam’s Image; Appendix; Index

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Cao Kim Lan is Associate Professor of Literary Theory and Criticism, Institute of Literature, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), Hanoi, Vietnam. Ooi Keat Gin is Professor of the Modern History of Brunei/Borneo at the Academy of Brunei Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei and Visiting Professor at the Korean Institute of ASEAN Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies, South Korea.

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