Hanoi, adieu :
Perkins, Mandaley.
Hanoi, adieu : : a bittersweet memoir of French Indochina / / Mandaley Perkins. Mandaley Perkins.
London ; New York : : Fourth Estate,, 2005. - xi, 323 p. : map ; 24 cm.
"First published in Australia in 2005 by HarperCollins Publishers."
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.
0732281962 9780732281960
2006373552
L'Herpinière, Michel, -2005.
Westfield Literary Prize Nominations (2006)
Vietnam--History.--Biography
Vietnam--History--Biography.
French--Hanoi--Vietnam--Biography.
Vietnam--History--Biography.
Hanoi (Vietnam)--History--20th century.
Vietnam--History--20th century.
959.703 / P449 2005
Hanoi, adieu : : a bittersweet memoir of French Indochina / / Mandaley Perkins. Mandaley Perkins.
London ; New York : : Fourth Estate,, 2005. - xi, 323 p. : map ; 24 cm.
"First published in Australia in 2005 by HarperCollins Publishers."
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.
0732281962 9780732281960
2006373552
L'Herpinière, Michel, -2005.
Westfield Literary Prize Nominations (2006)
Vietnam--History.--Biography
Vietnam--History--Biography.
French--Hanoi--Vietnam--Biography.
Vietnam--History--Biography.
Hanoi (Vietnam)--History--20th century.
Vietnam--History--20th century.
959.703 / P449 2005
