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Remembering Heaven's Face
A Story of Rescue in Wartime Vietnam
Av John Balaban
Häftad, 2002
339 kr
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I volunteered to go to Vietnam, but as a conscientious objector to war. . . . While most of these events took place in the midst of the war, this is not exactly a story about the war, but a story of rescue. Most of the children I helped save—scalped, burned, blasted, or shot when I found them—are …
Coming Down Again
A Novel
Av John Balaban
E-bok, 2013
30 kr
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Based on a true story: A magnificent portrayal of chaos, darkness, and adventure in Asia''s Golden Triangle as the war wages in Vietnam Adrift at the end of the Vietnam War, Paul Roberts and his girlfriend, Fay, are arrested at the Burmese-Thai border for smuggling a couple of ounces of hashish. …
Words for My Daughter
Av John Balaban
Häftad, 1991
177 kr
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A National Poetry Series title, selected by W.S. Merwin. "These stunning and courageous poems haunt us with their compassion. Balaban is the master of juxtapositions. As the landscape of a ravaged Vietnam melts into the American Southwest we are reminded that there are no national boundaries to the …
Locusts at the Edge of Summer
New and Selected Poems
Av John Balaban
Häftad, 1997
246 kr
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A generous collection of poems by one of the most highly praised writers coming out of the Viet Nam War experience.
Spring Essence
The Poetry of Hô Xuân Huong
Av Hô Xuân Huong, John Balaban
Häftad, 2000
185 kr
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Featured on NPR's "Fresh Air" "Sometimes books really do change the world... This one will set in motion a project that may transform Vietnamese culture."- Utne Reader Ho Xuan Huong—whose name translates as "Spring Essence"—is one of the most important and popular poets in Vietnam. A concubine, she …
Ca Dao Vietnam
Vietnamese Folk Poety
Av John Balaban
Häftad, 2003
185 kr
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During the Vietnam war, John Balaban traveled the Vietnamese countryside alone, taping, transcribing, and translating oral folk poems known as "ca dao." No one had ever done this before, and it was Balaban's belief that his project would help end the war. The young American poet walked up to …
Passing through a Gate
Poems, Essays, and Translations
Av John Balaban
Häftad, 2024
249 kr
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An essential collection of poetry and prose from an award-winning poet who faced some of the greatest dramas of his time in American history. John Balaban is an extraordinary writer and storyteller whose prize-winning poetry and prose are informed by a love of languages, deep scholarship, hard …
Empires
Av John Balaban
E-bok, 2020
183 kr
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"John Balaban’s sixth collection of poetry considers America in its innate beauty and complex ugliness, in its powerfully healing landscapes and its destructive misadventures. With a compelling lyricism and cinematic imagery, Empires showcases the pervasiveness of the human spirit across a diverse …
Passing through a Gate
Poems, Essays, and Translations
Av John Balaban
E-bok, 2024
366 kr
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An essential collection of poetry and prose from an award-winning poet who faced some of the greatest dramas of his time in American history. John Balaban is an extraordinary writer and storyteller whose prize-winning poetry and prose are informed by a love of languages, deep scholarship, hard …
Vietnam
A Traveler's Literary Companion
Av John Balaban, Nguyn Qui Duc
Häftad, 1996
245 kr
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Since relations between the U.S. and Vietnam have normalized, many more people are traveling to this exotic country, previously closed to a generation of Western visitors. Vietnam provides one of the first chances for Americans to know the Vietnamese outside the context of war. Vietnamese have been …
