The Unwanted Kien Nguyen



Kien Kien Nguyen is the author and main character of The Unwanted. Born in Nha Trang in South Vietnam to a Vietnamese mother and American father in 1967. In 1975, when he was eight, he and his. Kien Nguyen watched the last U.S. Army helicopter leave without him, without his brother, without his mother, without his grandparents. Left to a nightmarish existence in a violated and decimated country, Kien was more at risk than most because of his odd blond hair and his light eyes - because he was Amerasian. He was the most unwanted.

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  1. The item The unwanted: a memoir of childhood, Kien Nguyen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library. The unwanted: a memoir of childhood, Kien Nguyen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation.
  2. Kien Nguyen watched the last U.S. Army helicopter leave without him, without his brother, without his mother, without his grandparents. Left to a nightmarish existence in a violated and decimated country, Kien was more at risk than most because of his odd blond hair and his light eyes - because he was Amerasian. He was the most unwanted.
The Resource The unwanted : a memoir of childhood, Kien Nguyen
Label
The unwanted : a memoir of childhood
Title
The unwanted
Title remainder
a memoir of childhood
Statement of responsibility
Kien Nguyen
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
BKL
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Nguyen, Kien
Dewey number
  • 921
  • 973.049592'0092
Index
no index present
LC call number
E184.V53
LC item number
N36 2002
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Nguyen, Kien
  • Vietnamese Americans
  • Refugees
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Nha Trang (Vietnam)
The Unwanted Kien Nguyen
Target audience
adult
Label
The unwanted : a memoir of childhood, Kien Nguyen
Instantiates
Publication
The Unwanted Kien Nguyen
Note
'A reading group guide'--P. [345]-[354]
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [355])
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
21 cm.

The Unwanted Book By Kien Nguyen

Edition
First Back Bay pbk. edition
Extent
343 pages, 12 unnumbered pages
Isbn
9780316284615
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Nguyen
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm49855607
  • (Sirsi) o49855607
  • (OCoLC)49855607
Label
The unwanted : a memoir of childhood, Kien Nguyen
Publication
Note
'A reading group guide'--P. [345]-[354]
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [355])
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
21 cm.
Edition
First Back Bay pbk. edition
Extent
343 pages, 12 unnumbered pages
Isbn
9780316284615
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code

Kien Nguyen Family

  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm49855607
  • (Sirsi) o49855607
  • (OCoLC)49855607

Library Locations

    • 900 Chicago Ave., Suite 102, Evanston, IL, 60202, US
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The Unwanted Kien Nguyen Sparknotes

Saigon fell to the Viet Cong on April 30, 1975. Kien Nguyen watched the last U.S. Army helicopter leave without him, without his brother, without his mother, without his grandparents. Left to a nightmarish existence in a violated and decimated country, Kien was more at risk than most because of his odd blond hair and his light eyes - because he was Amerasian. He was the most unwanted. Told with stark and poetic brilliance, this is a story of survival and hope, a moving and personal record of a tumultuous and important piece of history.