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- 2009517420 abstract "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.".
- 2009517420 contributor B11689302.
- 2009517420 coverage "Vietnam History 20th century.".
- 2009517420 created "c2008.".
- 2009517420 date "2008".
- 2009517420 date "c2008.".
- 2009517420 dateCopyrighted "c2008.".
- 2009517420 description "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.".
- 2009517420 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 299).".
- 2009517420 extent "301 p. ;".
- 2009517420 identifier "9780307381217 (pbk.)".
- 2009517420 issued "2008".
- 2009517420 issued "c2008.".
- 2009517420 language "eng".
- 2009517420 publisher "New York : Three Rivers Press,".
- 2009517420 spatial "United States".
- 2009517420 spatial "Vietnam History 20th century.".
- 2009517420 subject "973/.0495 B 22".
- 2009517420 subject "E184.V53 P4554 2008b".
- 2009517420 subject "Pham, Thong Van.".
- 2009517420 subject "Refugees United States Biography.".
- 2009517420 subject "Vietnamese Americans Biography.".
- 2009517420 title "The eaves of heaven : a life in three wars / by Andrew X. Pham, on behalf of my father, Thong Van Pham.".
- 2009517420 type "text".