A piercing and unforgettable tale of the horror and spiritual weariness of war narrated by Quan, a North Vietnamese soldier of the people, who joined the army at the age of eighteen full of idealism for the Communist Party and its cause of national liberation. Ten years later, after leading his platoon through almost a decade of horror and deprivation, Quan is disillusioned and undertakes a harrowing, solitary journey home through the tortuous jungles of central Vietnam and his own unspeakable memories.
