Who is Kien's Father and Mother from The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam and what is their importance? The_Sorrow_of_War English & Literature Kien's Father and Mother | The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam

Kien's father is an artist with a tendency to sleepwalk. Kien's mother is impatient with the sleepwalking because she believes that it lowers the family's social status. She leaves the family when Kien is very young. Kien's only memories of her are her pride in her status as a New Intellectual and member of the Communist Party, which are both sources of conflict with Kien's father.