The Mountains Sing

A New York Times Editors Choice Selection. A Winner Of The 2020 Lannan Literary Awards Fellowship A Best Book Of 2020: NprS Book Concierge * Popmatters * Washington Independent Review Of Books * Real Simple * The Buzz Magazine * Nb Magazine * Bookbrowse * Paperback Paris * WriterS Bone * Global Atlanta An Epic Account Of Viet NamS Painful 20ThCentury History, Both Vast In Scope And Intimate In Its Telling... Moving And Riveting. Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer PrizeWinning Author Of The Sympathizer A New York TimeseditorS Choice An Intimate, Stirring Portrait Of A Country At War And A FamilyS Battle To Survive Set Against The Backdrop Of The Viet Nam War, The Mountains Sing Is The Enveloping, MultiGenerational Tale Of The Tran Family, Perfect For Fans Of Min Jin Lees Pachinko Or Yaa GyasiS Homegoing. Ha Noi, 1972. Huong And Her Grandmother, Tran Dieu Lan, Cling To One Another In Their Improvised Shelter As American Bombs Fall Around Them. Her Father And Mother Have Already Left To Fight In A War That Is Tearing Not Just Her Country But Her Family Apart. For Tran Dieu Lan, Forced To Flee The Family Farm With Her Six Children Decades Earlier As The Communist Government Rose To Power In The North, This Experience Is Horribly Familiar. Seen Through The Eyes Of These Two Unforgettable Women, The Mountains Sing Captures Their Defiance And Determination, Hope And Unexpected Joy. Vivid, Gripping, And Steeped In The Language And Traditions Of Viet Nam, Celebrated Vietnamese Poet NguyenS Richly Lyrical Debut Weaves Between The Lives Of Grandmother And Granddaughter To Paint A Unique Picture Of The CountryS Turbulent TwentiethCentury History. This Is The Story Of A People Pushed To Breaking Point, And A Family Who Refuse To Give In.