Awards
1993 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Each story unfolds like a delicate paper fan, with startling, ghostly images hiding in every crevice." Rita Ciresi, Library Journal
Review
"Remarkable...for how beautifully it achieves its daring project of making the Vietnamese real." George Packer, The New York Times Book Review
Table of Contents
Open arms -- Mr. Green -- The trip back -- Fairy tale -- Crickets -- Letters from my father -- Love -- Mid-autumn -- In the clearing -- A ghost story -- Snow -- Relic -- Preparation -- The American couple -- A good scent from a strange mountain.