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The mountains sing : a novel /

Nguỹên, Phan Qúê Mai, 1973-

The mountains sing : a novel / Nguỹên Phan Qúê Mai. - First paperback edition. - 351 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm.

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.

"The multigenerational tale of the Tr̀ân family, set against the backdrop of the Vîẹt Nam War. Tr̀ân Dịêu 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 Ṇôi, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Ĥò Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that will tear not just her beloved country but her family apart"--

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Families--Fiction.--Vietnam
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Fiction.


Vietnam--History--Fiction.--20th century


Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.

PR9560.9 N45 / .M68 2021

823/.92

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