The Mountains Sing
Nguyen Phan Que Mai [Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai]
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing & the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner’s In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà Nội, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents & uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that tore apart not just her beloved country, but also her family.
Vivid, gripping, & steeped in the language & traditions of Việt Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness & hope.
The Mountains Sing is celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai’s first novel in English.
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Рік:
2020
Видання:
1
Видавництво:
Algonquin Books
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
271
ISBN 10:
1643750496
ISBN 13:
9781643750491
Файл:
EPUB, 1.49 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2020