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The mountains sing : a novel / Nguyẽ̂n Phan Qué̂ Mai.
Van Pelt Library PR9560.9.N45 M68 2020
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Nguyen Mountains
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nguyễn, Phan Quế Mai, 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families.
- History.
- Vietnam--History--20th century--Fiction.
- Vietnam.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Fiction.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Families--Vietnam--Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 342 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
- Summary:
- "The multigenerational tale of the Trà̂n family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trà̂n 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 and uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that will tear not just her beloved country but her family apart"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The tallest mountains
- Red on the white grains
- The fortune teller
- Getting up and falling down again
- The great hunger
- My father's gift
- The land reform
- The journey south
- The walk
- My mother's secret
- Destination
- The country bumpkin boy
- The way to happiness
- My Uncle Minh
- Facing the enemy
- My grandmother's songs.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Keyes Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781616208189
- 161620818X
- OCLC:
- 1105231895
- Publisher Number:
- 99983907650
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