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The mountains sing : a novel /
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Record details
- ISBN: 1643751352
- ISBN: 9781643751351
- Physical Description: 351 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm.
- Edition: First paperback edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.
- Copyright: ℗♭2020.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Fiction. Families > Vietnam > Fiction. Vietnam > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| La Conner Regional Library | FIC NGUYEN | 112353 | FICTION | Damaged | - |
| La Conner Regional Library | FIC NGUYEN | 112788 | FICTION | Checked out | 04/22/2024 |
Born and raised in Vi?t Nam, Nguy?n Phan Qu? 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 Vi?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 Vi?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.