GIVING A FACE TO ONE’S ENEMY. A Conversation with Marcelino Truong
GIVING A FACE TO ONE’S ENEMY. A Conversation with Marcelino Truong
Author(s): Marcelino Truong, Giacomo TrainaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Marcelino Truong; Vietnam War; Vietnam War narratives; First Indochina War; Assimilation; Memory; Identity; Trauma; Diasporic Experience; Cold War History; Global Cold War; Diasporic Vietnamese Literature; Vietnamese Diaspora
Summary/Abstract: This conversation with French illustrator, painter, and authorMarcelino Truong retraces his decades-in-the-making artistic journeywith a special focus on the historical research informing it. The son of a SouthVietnamese diplomat and a French mother, Truong has devoted a trilogyof graphic novels to Vietnam’s tumultuous recent past. The interview, conductedtoward the end of 2023, specifically centers on his latest work, 40Men and 12 Rifles, which recounts the First Indochina War through the eyesof a forcibly enrolled war painter. Among other things, Truong discusses hiscreative process, the complexities of his mixed heritage, and his motivationsfor giving a human face to the “other side.”
Journal: Review of International American Studies
- Issue Year: 18/2025
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 37-63
- Page Count: 27
- Language: English
