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The Washington Hotel (hardcover - color inside)
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ISBN13: 9798295847035
Publisher: Nhan Anh Publisher
Published: Apr 25 2026
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Nhan Anh Publisher
Published: Apr 25 2026
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Mr. Nam Duc Nguyen, after the painful upheaval of April 30, 1975-the day theThe Republic of Vietnam was forcibly extinguished-went through many arduousstages in his life.After leaving the refugee camp, penniless and without a profession, he began hislife anew, working as an auto mechanic, a gas station attendant, frying chicken for
Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants... and eventually, he found a stable, permanentemployment with a future: working in the hotel technical services industry inWashington, D.C.The reportage novel Washington Hotel by writer Nguyễn Đức Nam portrays boththe hardships and the moments of joy, sorrow, and romance experienced during histime working at the hotel.Washington Hotel is a humorous and truthful story about the ups and downs of aprofession, written with the keen observation of someone who lived it from theinside.Tho Phuc Luong
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