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In whose eyes : the memoir of a Vietnamese filmmaker in war and peace
- Title
- In whose eyes : the memoir of a Vietnamese filmmaker in war and peace / by Trâǹ Văn Thủy as told to Lê Thanh Dũng ; edited and adapted by Wayne Karlin ; translated by Eric Henry and Nguyêñ Quang Dy.
- Author
- Tr̂àn, Văn Th̉uy (Film director)
- Publication
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2016]
- ©2016
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- Description
- xx, 219 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Trà̂n Văn Thủy is a celebrated Vietnamese filmmaker of more than twenty award-winning documentaries. A North Vietnamese Army cameraman during the Vietnam War, he went on to achieve international fame as the director of films that address the human costs of the war and its aftermath. Thuy's memoir, when published in Vietnam in 2013, immediately sold out. In this translation, English-language readers are now able to learn in rich detail about the life and work of this preeminent artist. Written in a gentle and charming style, the memoir is filled with reflections on war, peace, history, freedom of expression, and filmmaking. Thuy also offers a firsthand account of the war in Vietnam and its aftermath from a Vietnamese perspective, adding a dimension rarely encountered in English-language literature"--
- Uniform Title
- Chuỵên ngĥè c̉ua Th̉uy. English (Karlin)
- Alternative Title
- Chuỵên ngĥè c̉ua Th̉uy.
- Subjects
- Note
- Translated from the Vietnamese.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction / Wayne Karlin -- A friendship / Trâǹ Văn Thủy -- I. War. The swimmer -- The measuring stick and the mirror -- Do you feel honored? -- Going south -- Rebirth -- The beauty and the bullet -- Carrying the war home -- An uneasy homecoming -- Letters from the fire -- The trans-Siberian express -- II. Peace. Preface -- Hanoi in whose eyes -- Untie the bonds of writers and artists -- The story of kindness -- Kindness repressed -- Kindness abroad -- A violin at Mỹ Lai -- III. To the ends of all the seas. Preface -- A letter -- A birth -- IV. The labyrinth. Preface -- An unpleasant occurrence -- Immense sorrow is forbidden -- The language of my land -- Epilogue. A few words to Thủy's daughter -- Final words by Lê Thanh Dũng.
- Call Number
- MWES (Tran, V.) 17-1261
- ISBN
- 9781625342522
- 1625342527
- 9781625342515
- 1625342519
- LCCN
- 2016038690
- OCLC
- 947146630
- Author
- Tr̂àn, Văn Th̉uy (Film director), author.
- Title
- In whose eyes : the memoir of a Vietnamese filmmaker in war and peace / by Trâǹ Văn Thủy as told to Lê Thanh Dũng ; edited and adapted by Wayne Karlin ; translated by Eric Henry and Nguyêñ Quang Dy.
- Publisher
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2016]
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index.
- Added Author
- Karlin, Wayne, editor.Lê, Thanh Dũng, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
- MWES (Tran, V.) 17-1261