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Major Books

An independent publisher bringing Vietnamese writing to English-speaking readers worldwide.

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7 titles
  • Tết All Around by Quỳnh Hương & Rơm

    Tết All Around

    Quỳnh Hương & Rơm

    Tr. Ngô Hà Thu

    Hanoians prepare jellied meat. Southerners cook braised duck eggs and bitter melon soup. The Tày hang coupl...

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  • The Young Die Old by Nguyễn Bình Phương
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    The Young Die Old

    Nguyễn Bình Phương

    Tr. Khải Q. Nguyễn

    In the mythic village of Phan, two feuding families vie for a hidden treasure while a former soldier return...

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  • Parallels by Vũ Đình Giang

    Parallels

    Vũ Đình Giang

    Tr. Khải Q. Nguyễn

    G.g, H, and Kan: three young gay men in contemporary Vietnam, bound together by love and pulled apart by th...

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  • The Tale of Kiều by Nguyễn Du

    The Tale of Kiều

    Nguyễn Du

    Tr. Nguyễn Bình

    Vietnam's most beloved poem, rendered into English with rare attentiveness to its classical form. Set in 16...

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  • Making a Whore by Vũ Trọng Phụng — cover art by Nguyễn Thanh Vũ

    Making a Whore

    Vũ Trọng Phụng

    Tr. Đinh Ngọc Mai

    Huyền grows up in upper-class Hà Nội, denied any knowledge of sex by her well-meaning family. When curiosit...

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  • Water: A Chronicle by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư — cover art by Nguyễn Thanh Vũ

    Water: A Chronicle

    Nguyễn Ngọc Tư

    Tr. Nguyễn An Lý

    A holy man on an island empire. A desperate mother seeking his heart to cure her child. Nine interconnected...

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  • Treasury of Vietnamese Folk Tales Volume 1 — cover illustrated by Jeet Zdũng

    Treasury of Vietnamese Folk Tales: Volume 1

    Nguyễn Đổng Chi

    Tr. Lan Võ & Nguyễn Bình

    An enchanting collection of 11 Vietnamese folk tales opening up a world where mountains whisper secrets, ri...

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