What is the author's style in The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam by Quang Nhuong Huynh?

Given Nhuong's terrible experiences with war, The Land I Lost is a very nostalgic look at an innocent time period in Nhuong's life. It is a recollection of a time full of adventure and wonder, when the world was new and anything seemed possible. Adult Nhuong, disillusioned and permanently scarred by war, no doubt wrote about his childhood with a bittersweet pen. Despite the constant dangers of the jungle setting, it is clear Nhuong valued the thrill and rawness of most of these moments.