Great Vietnam Novel

[Hartwin Alfred Gebhardt]

Aaron Yeater writes:

> While i agree with previous contributors that Tim O'Brien is an 
> excellent writer writing about Vietnam, i'm not sure he (or anyone 
> else) has yet to produce the "great vietnam war novel".

Question: Shouldn't The Great Vietnam War Novel be written by a 
Vietnamese author? Or are we just talking The Great (US) Vietnam 
Novel? Or is there just a little arrogance here? Maybe TRP stayed 
clear of Vietnam out of respect - maybe he didn't want to be just 
another American writing another country's history. (Craig Clark's 
post is relevant here - for most Americans Vietnam took place in the 
US, I would think).

hg
Hey Craig - maybe you should call yourself the Banana Boy - much 
honour is found in the banana on this forum....
hag at iafrica.com