Crossroads and Lampposts
£12.99
Winter 1954. Dưỡng, who deserted the formerly ruling anti-communist army, decides to hide at home, awaiting the pardon of the new communist government. He placed his trust in the new regime, but the regime deemed he still cannot be trusted. Where marks the end of one war, and where marks the beginning of another?
Written in the early 1960s, Crossroads and Lampposts captures the vertigo experienced by many Vietnamese as the peace brought about by the Vietnamese victory at Điện Biên Phủ in 1954 proved to be short-lived. Once again, North Vietnamese were plunged into the state of war against the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) and their American supporters.
The novel not only sheds light on a little-understood yet crucial period in modern Vietnam but, above all, provides an extraordinary depiction of the universal human experience of navigating changes and searching for one’s identity amidst turbulent times.