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Bao Ninh

Bao Ninh was born in 1952 in Hanoi. During Vietnam’s ‘American War’, he was one of five hundred soldiers to serve in the Glorious 27th Youth Brigade, only ten of whom survived. His novel The Sorrow of War was published in 1993.

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Savage Winds

Bao Ninh

'The war was almost over. On the other side of the plain, the enemy artillery base lay silent; no reconnaissance plane had yet appeared on the horizon.'

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