{"product_id":"40-men-and-12-rifles-indochina-1954-paperback","title":"40 Men and 12 Rifles: Indochina 1954 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcelino Truong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Homel\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy the author of \u003c\/em\u003eSuch a Lovely Little War\u003cem\u003e and \u003c\/em\u003eSaigon Calling\u003cem\u003e, a stirring graphic novel about love, beauty, and war in 1950s Indochina.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e40 Men and 12 Rifles \u003c\/em\u003eis 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 fifty-five-day battle, which lead to the end of the first Indochina war opposing both French and Nationalist Vietnamese forces to Ho Chi Minh's National-Communist underground state. Minh (no relation to Ho) is a young man from Hanoi, an aspiring painter who dreams of experiencing la vie de 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 holdings. He is soon pressed into serving with the Ho Chi Minh People's Army, where he becomes a soldier, and is co-opted by his leaders to the Communist propaganda machine, despite repeatedly defying his cadres--ideological Communist commanders with whom he disagrees-- becoming both hero and anti-hero in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e40 Men and 12 Rifles \u003c\/em\u003eis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcelino Truong \u003c\/b\u003eis a French Vietnamese painter, illustrator, and author whose previous books include \u003ci\u003eSuch a Lovely Little War: Saigon 1961-63 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSaigon Calling: London 1963-75\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 Lyc馥 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Homel \u003c\/b\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.37 x 7.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759019196704,"sku":"9781551529233","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ef11910cfa476d070a13d50029b13dc2.webp?v=1780141085","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/40-men-and-12-rifles-indochina-1954-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}