Nguyen Phan Que Mai

Born in 1920, Tran Dieu Lan's family lost everything after the Communist government came to power in North Viet Nam. Forced to flee with her six children, she knows she must do whatever it takes to keep her family together. Many years later, her country is again at war, and her young granddaughter Huong watches her parents disappear down the Ho Chi Minh Trail to fight. Vivid, compelling and deeply moving, The Mountains Sing brings to life the true human cost of a devastating war, and the improbable power of hope to sustain us when all seems lost. With echoes of Homegoing and Pachinko, this is a standout new novel from a celebrated Vietnamese poet.

The Mountains Sing

Phan Quaae Mai Nguyaaen

Presented in bilingual English and Vietnamese, these poems build bridges between two cultures inextricably bound together by war and destruction.

The Secret of Hoa Sen

Dove vola la polvere

När bergen sjunger

"In 1969, sisters Trang and Quynh, desperate to help their parents pay off debts, leave their rural village to work at a bar in Sai Gon. Once in the big city, the young girls are thrown headfirst into a world they were not expecting. They learn how to speak English, how to dress seductively, and how to drink and flirt (and more) with American GIs in return for money. As the war moves closer to the city, the once-innocent Trang gets swept up in an irresistible romance with a handsome and kind American helicopter pilot she meets at the bar. Decades later, an American veteran, Dan, returns to Viet Nam with his wife, Linda, in search of a way to heal from his PTSD; instead, secrets he thought he had buried surface and threaten his marriage. At the same time, Phong--the adult son of a Black American soldier and a Vietnamese woman--embarks on a mission to find both his parents and a way out of Viet Nam. Abandoned in front of an orphanage, Phong grew up being called "the dust of life," "Black American imperialist," and "child of the enemy," and he dreams of a better life in the United States for himself, his wife Bình, and his children."--

A Novel

Dust Child

La novela definitiva para entender la historia reciente de Vietnam El canto de las montañas cuenta una historia envolvente, que discurre a través de varias generaciones de la familia Tran, con el telón de fondo de la guerra de Vietnam. Tran Dieu Lan, nacida en 1920, se vio obligada a huir de las tierras de su familia con cinco de sus seis hijos durante la reforma agraria, cuando el gobierno comunista se hizo con el poder en el norte del país. Años más tarde, en Hanói, su joven nieta, Huong, alcanza la madurez mientras sus padres y sus tíos avanzan por la senda Ho Chi Minh para luchar en un conflicto que desgarró no solo a su querido país sino también a su familia. El canto de las montañas, primera novela publicada en español de la reputada poeta vietnamita Nguyen Phan Que Mai, es un relato vivo y apasionante, impregnado del lenguaje y de las tradiciones de Vietnam. Ilumina el coste humano de este conflicto desde el punto de vista del propio pueblo vietnamita, a la vez que nos muestra el verdadero poder de la bondad y la esperanza.

Nguyen Phan Que Mai

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