Hanoi, adieu : a bittersweet memoir of French Indochina /
Michel L'Herpiniere is a teenager when he arrives in Indochina in the years before WWII. He falls in love with the country and the people, but gradually becomes aware that what is an idyll for the French is not seen the same way by the local population. This is a memoir of a young man growing u...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Fourth Estate,
2005
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| Summary: | Michel L'Herpiniere is a teenager when he arrives in Indochina in the years before WWII. He falls in love with the country and the people, but gradually becomes aware that what is an idyll for the French is not seen the same way by the local population. This is a memoir of a young man growing up during the years of French rule in Vietnam |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 323 p. : map ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0732281962 |