Saigon Saigon

Saigon

An Epic Novel of Vietnam

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Publisher Description

An epic saga of love, blood, and destiny in twentieth-century Vietnam: “This superb novel could well be the War and Peace of our age” (San Francisco Chronicle).
 
Joseph Sherman first visits Saigon—the capital of French colonial Cochin-China—as a young man on his father’s hunting trip in 1925. But the exotic land lures him back again and again as a traveler, soldier, and reporter. He returns because of his fascination for the enchanting city—and for Lan, a mandarin’s daughter he cannot forget.
 
Over five decades Joseph’s life becomes enmeshed with the political intrigues of two of Saigon’s most influential families, the French colonist Devrauxs, and the native Trans. In this sweeping saga of tragedy and triumph, Joseph witnesses Vietnam’s turbulent, war-torn fate. He is there when millions of coolies rise against the French, and during their bloody last stand at Dien Bien Phu. And he sees US military “advisors” fire their first shots in America’s hopeless war against the Communist revolution.

A story of adventure, love, war, and political power, Saigon presents an enthralling and enlightening depiction of twentieth-century Vietnam.
 

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2013
October 8
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
788
Pages
PUBLISHER
Open Road Media
SELLER
OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC
SIZE
6.3
MB

Customer Reviews

Investowiz ,

Spellbinding

Like a fly on a wall, Joseph's life from age 15 well into adulthood is intertwined with the real characters of the time in Vietnam. We meet with the French colonialists, Ho Chi Minh and his general. We see and trace the history of a Vietnam family split part to the south, part to the north. Finally we experience the tumultuous end to American involvement in the war. Difficult to put down.

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