{"product_id":"no-mans-land-paperback-7","title":"No Man's Land - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDuong Thu Huong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Vietnam's most popular writer and famous dissident comes a mesmerizing novel about a tragic love triangle between characters whose destinies have been irrevocably altered by the absurdity of war\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Man's Land\u003c\/i\u003e is set in a hamlet in the countryside of central Vietnam immediately following the end of the war in 1975, where a young woman, happily married to a successful farmer, comes home one day to find a throng of villagers assembled around her gate. She learns that her first husband, who reportedly died as a martyr and war hero many years back, is in fact alive and has returned to claim her.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuong Thu Huong\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Vietnam in 1947. At the age of twenty, she led a Communist Youth Brigade sent to the front during the Vietnam War. Of the volunteer group of forty, she was one of only three survivors. A vocal advocate of human rights and democratic reform, Huong was expelled from the Communist Party in 1990 before she was arrested and imprisoned without trial. Though her novels are banned in Vietnam, where she continues to live in internal exile, she remains one of the most popular and controversial writers for Vietnamese readers both at home and abroad. Translators \u003cstrong\u003eNina McPherson\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePhan Huy Duong\u003c\/strong\u003e live in Paris. They have also translated Duong Thu Huong's \u003cem\u003eParadise of the Blind\u003c\/em\u003e (1993), \u003cem\u003eNovel Without a Name\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), \u003cem\u003eMemories of a Pure Spring\u003c\/em\u003e (2000), and \u003cem\u003eBeyond Illusions\u003c\/em\u003e (2002).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 460\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723090890815,"sku":"9780786888573","price":34.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/805a2a62f1be7360e5568ab36fb25288.webp?v=1765097979","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/no-mans-land-paperback-7","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}