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Why it was banned
Bùi Ngọc Tấn's autobiographical novel about life in a Vietnamese re-education camp, based on his own imprisonment from 1968 to 1973, banned in Vietnam after publication in 2000 for its portrayal of the Communist Party's treatment of political prisoners.
Bans
| Country | Year | Reasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 2000 | Political | ||
| Banned in Vietnam after publication. The author was a survivor of the re-education camp system; the novel drew on his own imprisonment. | ||||