A Dragon Apparent
by Norman Lewis
1951 · adult
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Set in 3 places · 1 primarySense of Place
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Description · Open Library (CC0)
"Travelling through Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia in the twilight of the French colonial regime, Norman Lewis witnesses these ancient civilisations as they were before the terrible devastation of the Vietnam War. He creates a portrait of traditional societies struggling to retain their integrity in the embrace of the West. He meets emperors and slaves, brutal plantation owners and sympathetic French officers trapped by the economic imperatives of the colonial experiment. From tribal animists to Viet-Minh guerillas, he witnesses this heart-breaking struggle over and over, leaving a vital portrait of a society on the brink of catastrophic change."--BOOK JACKET.
Set in
- ★Vietnam · Vietnam★ primaryAuthor travels through French Indochina Vietnam in 1950
- Cambodia · CambodiaAuthor travels through French Indochina Cambodia in 1950
- Laos · LaosAuthor travels through French Indochina Laos in 1950
