{"product_id":"vietnam-1951-a-little-skeleton-walt-storm-9798866381272","title":"Vietnam 1951 a little skeleton in a teakwooden chest","description":"Indochina, 1951. Tonkin and northern Annam have been liberated from the French by the Vietminh. In the south, the French army and navy are fighting a vicious battle to keep the corrupt regime in Saigon in power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt began for Ruben with a dream about puzzling meanings of floating bamboo braids.\u003cbr\u003eWe meet him in Nha Trang, an Annamese port town where he debarkes from a French ocean liner, in search of a monastery that should be somewhere in the mountains of Annam. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was not the only reason for his quest: he had inherited a chest with unusual contents: a little skeleton, not of a child. Accompanying the chest was a manuscript - played into his hands by an old librarian - of a relative who had not survived the war. In it, his ancestor mentioned a monastery of the unknown order of Zong. A Chinese word, he would later find out, but the order seemed to be Japanese.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe engages a boy in Nha Trang to be his guide. Nguyen takes him to his grandmothers compound, where he lives with his mother Yen.\u003cbr\u003eRuben blends into Annamese life, trekking through forests and mountains with Nguyen and later with Yen; they travel by smuggling ships, old junks and rattling coasters from North to South and back again, across a war-torn country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walt Storm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798866381272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Walt Storm","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49168948986111,"sku":"9798866381272","price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vietnam-1951-a-little-skeleton-walt-storm-9798866381272","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}