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Author Nguỳn, Phan Qùð Mai, 1973- author.

Title The mountains sing / Nguỹên Phan Qúê Mai. [Boundless electronic resource]

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020.
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Description 1 online resource (342 pages)
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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.
Summary "The multigenerational tale of the Tr̀ân family, set against the backdrop of the Vịêt 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, Huong, 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"-- Provided by publisher.
System Details Requires Boundless App.
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction.
Families -- Vietnam -- Fiction.
Vietnam -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
War fiction.
Other Form: Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Nguỳn, Phan Qùð Mai, 1973- Mountains sing Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020 9781616208189 (DLC) 2019030591 (OCoLC)1105231895
ISBN 9781643750491
1643750496
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