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Dust child : a novel / Nguyẽ̂n Phan Qué̂ Mai.

Summary:

"An American GI, two Vietnamese bargirls, and an Amerasian man are forced to make decisions during and after the Viet Nam War that will reverberate throughout one another's lives"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781643752754 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 339 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2023.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Child of the Enemy -- Returning to the Land of Fear -- An Impossible Choice -- A Bird Finding Its Nest -- The Heat of Sài Gòn -- Sài Gòn Tea -- A Flash of Hope -- Facing the Consequences -- Behind the Dark Room -- The Tree of Love -- The Secret -- The Danger of Fire -- The Cost of Hope -- The Laughing Buddha -- War and Peace -- How to Be a Mother -- Finding a Needle at the Bottom of the Ocean -- The Past and the Future -- Revenge and Forgiveness -- Black Against White -- Love and Honor.
Subject: Abandoned children > Vietnam > Fiction.
Amerasians > Vietnam > Fiction.
Children of military personnel > Vietnam > Fiction.
Families > Vietnam > Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Children > Fiction.
Vietnamese Americans > Fiction.
Vietnam > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lakeshore Branch FIC Nguye 31681010314763 FICTION Available -

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: www.nguyenphanquemai.com

Born into the Red Delta of Northern Vi?t Nam, Dr. Nguy?n Phan Qu? Mai grew up in the Mekong Delta, Southern Vi?t Nam. She is a writer and translator who has published twelve books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction in Vietnamese and English and has translated seven books. Her last book, The Mountains Sing, was an international bestseller, runner-up for the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, winner of the 2021 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, the 2020 Lannan Literary Award Fellowship, and other prizes. Her writing has been translated into more than 15 languages and has appeared in major publications including the New York Times. She has a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. While working on her most recent novel, Dust Child, Qu? Mai helped set up a scholarship program for Amerasians in Vi?t Nam (the Amerasian Hope & Future Scholarship). For more information, visit: www.nguyenphanquemai.com


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