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Truong, Marcelino

 
9781551529233: 40 men and 12 rifles: Indochina 1954
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ISBN 10: 1551529238 ISBN 13: 9781551529233
Editorial: Arsenal Pulp, 2023

Sinopsis

40 Men and 12 Rifles is an expansive, gripping graphic novel set in Indochina in the year leading up to 1954, when the French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu fell after a four-month battle, leading to the end of the first Indochina war between French forces and Ho Chi Minh''s nationalist rebels. Minh (no relation to Ho) is a young man from Hanoi, an aspiring painter who dreams of experiencing la vie boheme in Paris''s Latin Quarter. To dissuade him from pursuing an artistic life, his father sends him into the countryside to tend to the family''s holdings. He is soon pressed into serving with the Ho Chi Minh rebels, where he becomes a soldier despite repeatedly defying his cadres - ideological Communist commanders with whom he disagrees - becoming both hero and anti-hero in the process. 40 Men and 12 Rifles is a moving and beautifully illustrated book about the human and artistic spirit of the Indochinese people who persevered in the face of warfare and suffering.

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Acerca del autor

Marcelino Truong is a French Vietnamese painter, illustrator, and author whose previous books include Such a Lovely Little War: Saigon 1961–63 and Saigon Calling: London 1963–75. Born in 1957, the son of a Vietnamese diplomat in the Philippines, he and his family moved to the US and then to Vietnam at the outset of the war. He attended the French Lycée in London, then moved to Paris, where he earned degrees in law at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and in English literature at the Sorbonne. He lives in St-Malo, France. 

David Homel is a writer, journalist, filmmaker, and translator, and the author of nine novels. He has translated many French-language books into English and is a two-time recipient of the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation. He lives in Montreal.

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Editorial
Arsenal Pulp
Año de publicación
2023
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1551529238
ISBN 13 
9781551529233
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
293
Contacto del fabricante
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