Truong Marcelino - 40 Men And 12 Rifles Indochina 1954 - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 40 Men and 12 Rifles is an expansive gripping graphic novel set in Indochina in the year leading up to 1954, when the French - held garrison at Dien Bien Phu fell after a four - month battle leading to the end of the first Indochina war between French forces and Ho Chi Minh's nationalist rebels. Minh (no relation to Ho) is a young man from Hanoi an aspiring painter who dreams of experiencing la vie boheme in Paris's Latin Quarter. To dissuade him from pursuing an artistic life his father sends him into the countryside to tend to the family's holdings. He is soon pressed into serving with the Ho Chi Minh rebels where he becomes a soldier despite repeatedly defying his cadres - ideological Communist commanders with whom he disagrees - becoming both hero and anti - hero in the process. 40 Men and 12 Rifles is a moving and beautifully illustrated book about the human and artistic spirit of the Indochinese people who persevered in the face of warfare and suffering.
Title: 40 Men And 12 Rifles Indochina 1954
Author(s): Truong Marcelino
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Barcode: 9781551529233
Pages: 296 Pages, 296 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 10/3/2023
Category: Graphic Novels: True Stories & Non-Fiction