Новинки Нгуен Фан Кюэ Май

С эпическим размахом и лирической красотой развернется перед читателями история четырех поколений одной вьетнамской семьи. Зьеу Лан, родившаяся в 1920 году, пережила японскую оккупацию, а ее отца убили прямо у нее на глазах. После войны во время Земельной реформы ей с шестью детьми пришлось бежать в Ханой, бросив в родной деревне буквально всё и пытаться выживать любыми средствами… Годы спустя она рассказывает свою историю внучке, родственники которой ушли по Тропе Хо Ши Мина, чтобы сражаться на новой войне, которая разделила не только их семью, но и всю страну.

In 1969, sisters Trang and Quỳnh, desperate to help their parents pay off debts, leave their rural village and become “bar girls” in Sài Gòn, drinking, flirting (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 young and charming American helicopter pilot, Dan. Decades later, Dan returns to Việt Nam with his wife, Linda, hoping to find a way to heal from his PTSD and, unbeknownst to her, reckon with secrets from his past.

At the same time, Phong—the son of a Black American soldier and a Vietnamese woman—embarks on a search to find both his parents and a way out of Việt 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 for himself and his family in the U.S.

Past and present converge as these characters come together to confront decisions made during a time of war—decisions that force them to look deep within and find common ground across race, generation, culture, and language.

Hu'o'ng wächst bei ihrer Großmutter auf, mitten im vom Krieg gebeutelten Hanoi der frühen 1970er Jahre. Der Vater ist auf den Schlachtfeldern verschollen, ihre Mutter folgte ihm in der Hoffnung, ihn zu finden. Und die Großmutter erzählt Hu'o'ng an den vielen langen Abenden die Geschichte ihrer Familie, eine Geschichte, die in Frieden und Wohlstand ihren Anfang nimmt, aber im Zuge fremder Besatzung, Landreform und Krieg eine Geschichte von Vertreibung, Flucht und unsäglichem Leid wurde. Doch die Frauen ihrer Familie sind stark und entschlossen, dem Schicksal eine lebenswerte Zukunft abzutrotzen.

Ein Familienepos, das ein ganzes Jahrhundert atmet, die bildgewaltige Geschichte eines leidgeprüften Volkes, ein beeindruckender historischer Roman, erzählt von einer vietnamesischen Autorin – so hat man von Vietnam im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert noch nicht gelesen.

Set against the backdrop of the Viêt Nam War, The Mountains Sing is the enveloping, multi-generational tale of the Tran family, perfect for fans of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko or Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan.
Hà Noi, 1972. Huong and her grandmother, Tran Dieu Lan, cling to one another in their improvised shelter a

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 Tran family, set against the backdrop of the Viet Nam War. Tran Dieu 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 Noi, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Ho Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that will tear not just her beloved country but her family apart.

Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Viet 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. This is celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyen Phan Que Mai’s first novel in English.