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  • In Whose Eyes: The Memoir of a Vietnamese Filmmaker in War and Peace
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  • Tran Van Thuy and Le Thanh Dung. edited, adapted, and introduced by Wayne Karlin. translated by Eric Henry and Nguyen Quang Dy
  • 2016
  • Published by: University of Massachusetts Press
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Trân Van Thuy is a celebrated Vietnamese filmmaker of more than twenty award-winning documentaries. A cameraman for the People's Army of Vietnam during the Vietnam War, he went on to achieve international fame as the director of films that address the human costs of the war and its aftermath.

Thuy's memoir, when published in Vietnam in 2013, immediately sold out. In this translation, English-language readers are now able to learn in rich detail about the life and work of this preeminent artist. Written in a gentle and charming style, the memoir is filled with reflections on war, peace, history, freedom of expression, and filmmaking. Thuy also offers a firsthand account of the war in Vietnam and its aftermath from a Vietnamese perspective, adding a dimension rarely encountered in English-language literature.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page, Dedication
  2. pp. i-viii
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Introduction
  2. Wayne Karlin
  3. pp. xi-xvi
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  1. A Friendship
  2. Trần Văn Thủy
  3. pp. xvii-xx
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  1. I. War
  2. pp. 1-2
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  1. 1. The Swimmer
  2. pp. 3-9
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  1. 2. The Measuring Stick and the Mirror
  2. pp. 10-13
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  1. 3. Do You Feel Honored?
  2. pp. 14-20
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  1. 4. Going South
  2. pp. 21-25
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  1. 5. Rebirth
  2. pp. 26-34
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  1. 6. The Beauty and the Bullet
  2. pp. 35-46
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  1. 7. Carrying the War Home
  2. pp. 47-55
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  1. 8. An Uneasy Homecoming
  2. pp. 56-67
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  1. 9. Letters from the Fire
  2. pp. 68-70
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  1. 10. The Trans-Siberian Express
  2. pp. 71-78
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  1. II. Peace
  2. pp. 79-80
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. 81-83
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  1. 11. Hanoi in Whose Eyes
  2. pp. 84-93
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  1. 12. Untie the Bonds of Writers and Artists
  2. pp. 94-98
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  1. 13. The Story of Kindness
  2. pp. 107-113
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  1. 14. Kindness Repressed
  2. pp. 114-121
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  1. 15. Kindness Abroad
  2. pp. 122-131
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  1. 16. A Violin at Mỹ Lai
  2. pp. 132-142
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  1. III. To the Ends of All the Seas
  2. pp. 143-144
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  2. pp. 145-147
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  1. 17. A Letter
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  1. 18. A Birth
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  1. IV. The Labyrinth
  2. pp. 169-170
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. 171-174
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  1. 19. An Unpleasant Occurrence
  2. pp. 175-177
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  1. 20. Immense Sorrow is Forbidden
  2. pp. 178-183
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  1. 21. The Language of My Land
  2. pp. 184-192
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  1. Epilogue
  2. pp. 193-194
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  1. A Few Words to Thủy’s Daughter
  2. pp. 195-197
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  1. Final Words by Lê Thanh Dũng
  2. pp. 198-199
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  1. A Note from the Translators
  2. pp. 200-202
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  1. Awards Presented to Trần Văn Thủy for his Films
  2. pp. 203-204
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. 205-210
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 211-218
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 219-227
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  1. Illustrations
  2. pp. 99-106
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  1. About the Author
  2. pp. 228-229
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  1. Back Cover
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