A Time Far Past: A Novel of Viet Nam - Paperbackby Le Luu (Author) This epic novel presents a sweeping portrait of war and peace in northern Vietnam from the defeat of the French to the mid 1980s. The story follows the odyssey of Giang Minh Sai, the son of a Confucian scholar in the rural Red River delta, from his early childhood through his decorated service during the American War and his later efforts to adapt to the postwar world of urban Ha Noi. Through two failed marriages, Giang Minh Sai