We Are All "bui Doi"

We are All "Bui Doi"No One was Really Invited to room 53 in the Hotel Continental except for two soldiers in armies at war with each other. One was an American, the other was North Vietnamese. I did not want people in that room. It was a place to take account, to listen to yourself.The ceiling seemed more than 18 feet high and an old French fan hung from it. You could make those blades turn "vite" or "moins vite." I turned the fan on sometimes despite the sickly air condition...