Ticket to childhood : a novel / Nguyen Nhat Ahn ; translated from the Vietnamese by William Naythons.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Original language: Vietnamese Publisher: New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 155 pages ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1468309595
- 9781468309591
- Cho tôi xin một vé đi tuỏ̂i thơ. English
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | Nguyen Nhat | Available | 33111007696731 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This, the novel's first appearance outside Vietnam, marks the arrival, in English, of a hugely appealing and engaging author. The story of a man looking back on his life, Ticket to Childhood captures the texture of childhood in all of its richness. As we learn of the small miracles and tragedies that made up the narrator's life--the misadventures and the misdeeds--we meet his long-lost friends, none of whom can forget how rich their lives once were. And even if Nguyen Nhat Anh can't take us back to our own childhoods, he captures those innocent times with a great deftness. A fable that will charm adults and move children, Ticket to Childhood is sure to capture the hearts of American readers.
When the day is done -- Wonderful parents -- Naming the world -- As sad as sad can be! -- As one grows older -- I am Little Mui -- How long can I be a good boy? -- How we became killers -- Does anybody have the time? -- And I have sunk -- Wild dog camp -- Train without a conductor.
Looking back on his life as he prepares a paper on childhood to present at a UNESCO workshop, Mui recalls his adventures and misdeeds as an eight-year-old, when he and his friends would do anything to avoid boredom, only to get in trouble.