The Other Side of Heaven: Post-War Fiction by Vietnamese and American Writers Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
	The American Blues	5
	Wandering Souls	15
	Nada	25
	Fragment of a Man	33
	A Soldier's Burial	51
	Two Village Women	65
	The Honored Dead	73
	The House Behind the Temple of Literature	85
	Helping	95
	The Rucksack	118
	The Pugilist At Rest	122
	Please Don't Knock on My Door	137
	Speaking of Courage	155
	The Man Who Stained His Soul	166
	Dressed Like Summer Leaves	172
	The Slope of Life	182
	Waiting For Dark	189
	Waiting for a Friend	201
	Paco's Dreams	204
	Tony D	210
	The Billion Dollar Skeleton	223
	The Autobiography of a Useless Person	235
	Coming Down Again	245
	The Key	252
	The Walls, the House, the Sky	258
	Twilight	266
	Rashad	279
	The Sound of Harness Bells	287
	Point Lookout	294
	Humping the Boonies	300
	Letters from My Father	308
	Above the Woman's House	313
	She in a Dance of Frenzy	322
	Marine Corps Issue	327
	Mother and Daughter	340
	Heat	353
	The General Retires	379
	Epilogue	401
	Contributors/Translators	404