{"product_id":"novel-without-a-name-9780688127824","title":"Novel without a Name","description":"\u003cp\u003eA piercing  unforgettable tale of the horror and spiritual weariness of war  Novel Without a Name will shatter every preconception Americans have about what happened in the jungles of Vietnam. With Duong Thu Huong  whose Paradise of the Blind was published to high critical acclaim in 1993  Vietnam has found a voice both lyrical and stark  powerful enough to capture the conflict that left millions dead and spiritually destroyed her generation. Banned in the authors native country for its scathing dissection of the day-to-day realities of life for the Vietnamese during the final years of the \"Vietnam War \" Novel Without a Name invites comparison with All Quiet on the Western Front and other classic works of war fiction. The war is seen through the eyes of Quan  a North Vietnamese bo doi (soldier of the people) who joined the army at eighteen  full of idealism and love for the Communist party and its cause of national liberation. But ten years later  after leading his platoon through almost a decade of unimaginable horror and deprivation  Quan is disillusioned by his odyssey of loss and struggle. Furloughed back to his village in search of a fellow soldier  Quan undertakes a harrowing  solitary journey through the tortuous jungles of central Vietnam and his own unspeakable memories.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647884156981,"sku":"ByrdShop_0688127827","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780688127824.jpg?v=1781698688","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/novel-without-a-name-9780688127824","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}