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Frank Palmos

    Dr Frank Palmos is a journalist, historian, and translator. His 1993 translation of Bao Ninh’s The Sorrow of War garnered international acclaim.

    The sorrow of war
    • The sorrow of war

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading
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      Kien's job is to search the Jungle of Screaming Souls for corpses. This book is his attempt to understand the eleven years of his life he gave to a senseless war. Based on true experiences of Bao Ninh and banned by the communist party, this novel is revered as the 'All Quiet on the Western Front for our era'.

      The sorrow of war