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Tables of Contents for The Other Side of Heaven
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction
xi
Wayne Karlin
PART ONE: A WALK IN THE GARDEN OF HEAVEN: A Walk in the Garden of Heaven
George Evans
The American Blues
5
10
Ward Just
Wandering Souls
15
10
Bao Ninh
PART TWO: THE HONORED DEAD: A Walk in the Garden of Heaven
Nada
25
8
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Fragment of a Man
33
18
Ho Anh Thai
A Soldier's Burial
51
14
Philip Caputo
Two Village Women
65
8
Nguyen Quang Thieu
The Honored Dead
73
12
Breece D'J Pancake
PART THREE: WOUNDS: A Walk in the Garden of Heaven
The House Behind the Temple of Literature
85
10
Tran Vu
Helping
95
23
Robert Stone
The Rucksack
118
4
Le Luu
The Pugilist At Rest
122
15
Thom Jones
Please Don't Knock on My Door
137
18
Xuan Thieu
Speaking of Courage
155
11
Tim O'Brien
The Man Who Stained His Soul
166
6
Vu Bao
Dressed Like Summer Leaves
172
10
Andre Dubus
The Slope of Life
182
7
Nguyen Mong Giac
Waiting For Dark
189
12
Larry Brown
PART FOUR: HAUNTINGS: A Walk in the Garden of Heaven
Waiting for a Friend
201
3
Ngo Tu Lap
Paco's Dreams
204
6
Larry Heinemann
Tony D
210
13
Le Minh Khue
The Billion Dollar Skeleton
223
12
Phan Huy Duong
PART FIVE: EXILES: A Walk in the Garden of Heaven
The Autobiography of a Useless Person
235
10
Nguyen Xuan Hoang
Coming Down Again
245
7
John Balaban
The Key
252
6
Vo Phien
The Walls, the House, the Sky
258
8
Thanhha Lai
Twilight
266
13
Hoang Khoi Phong
PART SIX: LEGACIES: A Walk in the Garden of Heaven
Rashad
279
8
John Edgar Wideman
The Sound of Harness Bells
287
7
Nguyen Quang Lap
Point Lookout
294
6
Wayne Karlin
Humping the Boonies
300
8
Bobbie Ann Mason
Letters from My Father
308
5
Robert Olen Butler
Above the Woman's House
313
9
Da Ngan
She in a Dance of Frenzy
322
5
Andrew Lam
Marine Corps Issue
327
13
David McLean
Mother and Daughter
340
13
Ma Van Khang
Heat
353
26
Richard Bausch
The General Retires
379
22
Nguyen Huy Thiep
PART SEVEN: A Walk in the Garden of Heaven
Epilogue
401
3
Gloria Emerson
Contributors/Translators
404