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Summary: People and animals in rural Vietnam
Review: "The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam" is written by Huynh Quang Nhuong, and includes illustrations by Vo-Dinh Mai. A short author bio at the end of the book notes that Huynh was born in Vietnam and eventually moved to the United States. This book is a wonderful account of growing up in rural Vietnam.Huynh describes his life in a village on a riverbank, with a jungle and mountains nearby. The book is divided up into several short vignettes that describe the lives of the people and animals of this world. Although the danger and violence of some sections may be upsetting to some readers, I get the sense that the author is trying to present a truthful portrait of rural life. There are accounts of many interesting people, such as Huynh's opera loving, karate fighting grandmother. But I was particularly fascinated by the many accounts of the domestic and wild animals of Huynh's homeland. I loved the descriptions of animal behavior and the accounts of the interactions between animals and people, between animals of the same species, and between animals of different species. We meet monkeys, otters, a fearsome crocodile, and many other creatures. It's a rich tapestry of life that is described vividly by the author. One of the most memorable animal characters is Huynh's water buffalo, Tank, a creature of great strength, loyalty, and courage. This is a wonderful book that is written in a very effective, straightforward style that is ultimately quite poignant. It's sort of like a Vietnamese response to Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved "Little House" books. I recommend "The Land I Lost" to readers of all ages.
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Summary: The Land I Lost
Review: Have you experienced a dirty rural but interesting life? If you didn't, you should read this book. The book "The Land I Lost" is set in Vietnam. The author's past life produces the source of the book. His name is " Huynh Quang Nhuong." The main character lived in a hamlet in Vietnam. Mostly this book shows nature, and how they adapt, and how they live together. During summer they work on farms, and during winter they hunt for their food. They keep animals like cows. They use to them for agriculture and to protect themselves from the wild animals who come down to their shelter. Also when the wild animals come down to their hamlet the villagers make groups and catch them or make them leave their hamlet. Sometimes they hunt animals and train monkeys or birds...etc Mostly they lived very peacefully and joyfully.
But why is this book called "The Land I Lost." That is what you have to think about. The end of the last chapter, a battle was going on, so I think that's why the author said land I lost... I didn't like the way the author wrote about the battle story, because it was really short, so it didn't make me understand why they lost their land.
But I could see the other ways of life like the hamlet villagers. These days everybody sits on their chair and plays computer games, by this time, instead computer games we can see the difference between rural and urban and how they relate with nature and their given environment. I like most of the book, except the battle part of the story.
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Summary: The land I lost
Review: Here is a book called 'The Land I Lost' it is written by Huynh Quang Nhuong.
Huynh is the main character he was born in the highland of Vietnam near the jungle. They were very wild animals. People train the buffalo called 'tank' it is the villages buffalo. They also trained monkeys and bird.
I didn't like some parts but I liked other part of the book. The bad reason is the book talks about the animals but doesn't tell me about how they lost their land. The good reason is it tells me about their life.
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Summary: The land I lost
Review: Here is a book called `The Land I Lost' it is written by Huynh Quang Nhuong.
Huynh is the main character he was born in the highland of Vietnam near the jungle. They were very wild animals. People train the buffalo called 'tank' it is the villages buffalo. They also trained monkeys and bird.
I didn't like some parts but I liked other part of the book. The bad reason is the book talks about the animals but doesn't tell me about how they lost their land. The good reason is it tells me about their life.
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Summary: The land I lost
Review: I enjoyed `The land I lost', and I think this book is enjoyable for the littler children, because it has good word choices, and there are different kinds of animals I never heard of. There are all kinds of feelings you can get from the book, for example, sadness, humor or fear. I think this book is a memory of the author's life. His name is Huynh Quang Nhuong. In a chapter Tank the buffalo and the other strong buffalo are fighting, because the strong buffalo thinks he is stronger then Tank, and the other chapter, the author's cousin killed a horse snake. So read this book book, and see if I'm right.
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Summary: the land i lost.
Review: The book I read is about the author's life. The author tells us about his experience with animals he met. The setting is a village where the author has lived. Anyway there is very important animal called Tank. Tank is a friend of the author but it's not human it's a cow. There are some dangerous animals, too. The author describes his adventures and his story very nicely to make people know what's going on in the book. My opinion about this book is great. I liked his adventure, the other stories from his friend, etc. if you are interested in animals then you should read this before any other books.
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Summary: The Interesting of The Land I Lost
Review: The book that I've read was "The Land I Lost" by Huynh Quang Nhuong. This book takes place in Vietnam where the Vietnam War was still on. The story that had been told on this book was reality. The author of this book is the main character in this book and he experienced how to survive in a village where there are dangers. This book was telling about how it feels and what danger to live in a village a long timed ago. Huynh was still a little kid at that time and he lived with his grandma, grandpa, and his cousin. There are some dangerous parts where he and his cousin have to deal with the wild hog, python, horse snake, crocodile, and other animals. He also had a friend and it feels like a family, which is a bull named Tank. I like this book because I'm interested on how the people from past live. I found that this book is good for all of ages, especially for those of you who are still using English as a second language.
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Summary: The Interesting of The Land I Lost
Review: The book that I've read was "The Land I Lost" by Huynh Quang Nhuong. This book takes place in Vietnam where the Vietnam War was still on. The story that had been told on this book was reality. The author of this book is the main character in this book and he experienced how to survive in a village where there are dangers. This book was telling about how it feels and what danger to live in a village a long timed ago. Huynh was still a little kid at that time and he lived with his grandma, grandpa, and his cousin. There are some dangerous parts where he and his cousin have to deal with the wild hog, python, horse snake, crocodile, and other animals. He also had a friend and it feels like a family, which is a bull named Tank. I like this book because I'm interested on how the people from past live. I found that this book is good for all of ages, especially for those of you who are still using English as a second language.
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Summary: The Land I Lost
Review: The Land I lost is a book that Ithink is very true. Meaning the book really tells you about how this boys life was like. The Author shows death,being scared, and friendship. All the adventures this boy goes on in the story teach him a life long lesson, and this book didn't just teach him a lesson, me as the reader learned a few things about farming and vietnam.
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Summary: Little Hamlet
Review: The Land I Lost, by Huynh Quang Nhuong.(Reviewed by a 7 year old girl) This is a well written book, but still not my favorite book in the world. These stories from the author's childhood memories are fun, funny and sometimes heartbreaking. The book takes place in a small hamlet in Vietnam before the war. The author remembers adventures with the villagers and with various animals, particularly a special water buffalo named Tank. The several pictures in the book help to bring out the story. There is a great scene where the author and his sister catch some little birds. I won't tell you any more. Oh, if you are not comfortable with the death of animals and some villagers from snake bites and wild boar attacks, then I wouldn't recommend this book. All in all it's a pretty good book.
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