FMV Book Club: “The Mountains Sing” by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Date: 27.05.2024
Time: 18:00-21:00
Host: Female Minority Voices



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Welcome to the fifth The Female Minority Voices Book Club meeting of the year! For May, our book pick is “The Mountains Sing” by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai.

About the book:

With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner’s In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu 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 Nội, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that tore apart not just her beloved country, but also her family.

Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Việt Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope.

——————OFFER: Our team member Rodolfo Baldinotti will be able to order the book for those of you who want to use this offer. He will give a list to the bookstore (Norli Strandgaten) and you will be contacted when the book is ready to be picked up (payment then and there). Send an email with your full name and contact information to femaleminorityvoices@gmail.com between 01.04.24 and 15.04.24 (13:00). The books will be ordered by the end of the deadline, on the 15.04.24.——————
And as always, if you don't get the chance to read the book, come anyway!The book functions as a conversation starter, so just read up on the theme/topic of the book, and join us for a good conversation - and bring a friend! See you there!

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