A novel by Ngo The Vinh
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"The
Battle of Saigon" unfolds page by page
Thursday, May 05, 2005
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Nguoi Viet Online
In “The Battle
of Saigon,” a new release, readers can immerse themselves in a collection of
short stories and writings that follow the spiritual journey of a soldier
who accepts sacrifice and hardship in the struggle for freedom for South
Vietnam. The protagonist at the same time longs for a better society in the
future. Page by page, he and other enlisted men speak.
The volume, published by Xlibris Corps., is a portrayal of men at war
combined with material that examines the political and moral dilemmas of the
Vietnamese Diaspora in North America.
Vietnamese are trapped between the love for the country they were forced to
abandon, the ruthlessness of its present communist rulers, and the sometimes
painfully different habits of the Western culture they now live in. So
writes author Ngo The Vinh, who worked as chief surgeon of the 81st Airborne
Rangers group in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.
His title story, along with 11 subsequent stories — half created before and
half created after 1975 — all focus on present war and post-war traumatic
experience and dreams from the perspective of the Diaspora.
Ngo The Vinh, born in Thanh Hoa province in Central Vietnam, graduated from
Saigon University’s Faculty of Medicine in 1968. He also received special
training in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Letterman Hospital in
San Francisco.
After the fall of Saigon, the writer was imprisoned in different reeducation
camps for three years, resettling in the United States in 1983. He now works
at a hospital in Southern California.
For more information on his 200-page book, go to
www.xlibris.com.
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