4. BIRDS IN FORMATION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Foreword: Writing About War Is Writing About Peace vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
5. Introduction: A Note on the Selection and Translation of Stories xvii
6. 1. UNSUNG HERO 1
7. 2. WHITE CLOUDS FLYING 17
8. 3. LOUSE CRAB SEASON 21
9. 4. BIRDS IN FORMATION 35
10. 5. A CRESCENT MOON IN THE WOODS 45
11. 6. MS. THOAI 63
12. 7. THE CORPORAL 77
13. 8. RED APPLES 83
14. 9. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE VILLAGE 91
15. 10. BROTHER, WHEN WILL YOU COME HOME? 111
16. 11. WAR 121
17. 12. THE CHAU RIVER PIER 129
18. 13. STORMS 149
19. 14. THEY BECAME MEN 159
20. 15. AN AMERICAN SERVICE HAMLET 175
21. 16. LOVE AND WAR 191
22. 17. THE PERSON COMING FROM THE WOODS 197
23. 18. OUT OF THE LAUGHING WOODS 205
24. 19. THE SORROW WASN’T ONLY OURS 219
25. 20. A MORAL MURDERER 225
26. Permissions and Acknowledgments 241