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The ancient Vietnamese life in which Tung was raised is being torn apart. It is not enough to work hard and grow rice anymore. Now every farmer in Mai Dong has to pick a side: the French or the communists. Intelligence, humility and graft made Tung's father Que an honorable figure in Mai Dong. His values ensured the family's survival through famine and flood. They will not protect him against the communists, who need class-enemy victims for their land reform campaign.

Als Pinocchio den Baum des Lebens verwundet, geraten der gesamte Wald und seine Beschützerin, die kleine Fee Selva, in Gefahr. Nachdem sie herausgefunden hat, dass unser Held der Grund für all ihren Kummer ist, verbannt Selva ihn aus dem Wald. Es ist jedoch ebenfalls Pinocchio, der die Lösung für das von ihm verursachte Problem haben könnte.

It is 2008. Sam’s dream publishing debut is three years behind him. Now he is a writer without a story. Desperate for inspiration, he takes the opportunity to ghostwrite an old Vietnamese solider’s memoir, only to find that his subject, Mr. Lan, is an intractable communist, whose amazing narrative is rooted in the vilification of Vietnamese emigres, the very people Sam’s debut celebrated.