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The Mountains Sing
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This evocative novel will appeal to readers of historical and literary fiction, especially those interested in Vietnamβs history and familial narratives. Fans of layered, character-driven epics like Pachinko and Homegoing will find much to admire.
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This "moving and riveting" book shares a layered, epic, multigenerational story of the Vietnam war and its aftermath (Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Sympathizer)β
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the TrαΊ§n family, set against the backdrop of the Viα»t Nam War. TrαΊ§n Diα»u 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 HΓ Nα»i, her young granddaughter, HΖ°Ζ‘ng, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hα» ChΓ Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that tore apart not just her beloved country, but also her family.
Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Viα»t 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 and hope.
The Mountains Sing is celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyα» n Phan QuαΊΏ Mai's first novel in English.
New York Times Editors' Choice Selection
Winner of the 2020 Lannan Literary Awards Fellowship
"[An] absorbing, stirring novel . . . that, in more than one sense, remedies history." --The New York Times Book Review
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ISBN: 9781643751351
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 16 March 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: Algonquin Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 137.0mm
Height: 208.0mm
Weight: 299g
Pages: 368
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About the Author
Born and raised in Viα»t Nam, Nguyα» n Phan QuαΊΏ Mai is the author of The Mountains Sing, runner-up for the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner of the 2020 BookBrowse Best Debut Award, the 2021 International Book Awards, the 2021 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, and the 2020 Lannan Literary Award Fellowship for Fiction. She has published twelve books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction and has received some of the top literary prizes in Viα»t Nam. Her writing has been translated into twenty languages and has appeared in major publications, including the New York Times. She has a PhD in creative writing from Lancaster University. She is an advocate for the rights of disadvantaged groups in Viα»t Nam and has founded several scholarship programs, and she was named by Forbes Vietnam as one of twenty inspiring women of 2021. For more information, visit: http: //www.nguyenphanquemai.com.
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