A Ticket to Childhood

The bestselling book in the history of modern Vietnam, Ticket to Childhood has been nothing short of a sensation in its home country: it has sold over 350,000 copies and has gone through 35 printings. Ticket to Childhood is a story that captures the texture of childhood in all of its richness. Narrated by a man looking back, we learn of the small miracles and tragedies that made up the narrator s life the misadventures and the misdeeds we meet his long-lost friends, none of whom can forget how rich their lives once were. And even if Nguyen Nhat Anh can t take us back to our own childhoods, he captures those innocent times with a great deftness. A fable that will charm adults and move children, Ticket to Childhood is sure to capture the hearts of American readers. Now in paperback."