The summing up of ten years of writing (reminiscences and reflections). Translated from the Vietnamese by X. H.

Saigon: Dai Nam Van Hien Publishing House, 1968. First edition in English, 4to, [4], 22 leaves; printed from typescript; very good in original printed wrappers. The Phong (b. 1932) started writing in Hanoi in 1952 "in the first days of the Vietminh." In 1953 he embarked on a career of journalism. He moved to Saigon before the fall of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 where he wrote film reviews and other material on a contractual basis. He is the author of three novels (2 written in Hanoi, and another in Saigon), and in September of 1964 he became a press officer of the Minister of Information which brought him in contact with many important people in both the literary as well as the political scene. US Air Force, Southern Illinois, and Univ. of Washington only in OCLC. (Inventory #: 34483)