Mai Phan Que Nguyen

The Mountains Sing

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Produktbeschreibung

"The multigenerational tale of the Tráãan family, set against the backdrop of the Viãòet Nam War. Tráãan Diòãeu 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 Háa Nòãoi, her young granddaughter, H'¿ng, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hãáo Châi Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that will tear not just her beloved country but her family apart"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little Brown and Company
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 136mm x 207mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9781643751351
• ISBN-10: 1643751352
• Artikelnr.: 59763257

Autorenporträt

Born and raised in Việt Nam, Nguyễn Phan Quế 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 Việt 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 Việt 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.