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'Making a Whore' Is Both Less and More Revealing Than Its Reputation Suggests
Saigoneer· 12 April 2026
Saigoneer revisits Vũ Trọng Phụng's once-banned 1936 novel in its first English translation.
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Resonate Voice on ‘Echoing Whispers’
Resonate Voices· 17 June 2026
How ‘Echoing Whispers’ Is Challenging the Way the West Reads Vietnamese Folk Tales
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Meet The People Bringing Vietnamese Literature To The World
Vietcetera· 12 July 2025
Vietcetera meets Major Books co-founders Kim Trần and Pascal Nguyễn on their mission to bring Vietnamese literature to global readers.
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Within the Shocking Brutality of Queer Novel 'Parallels' Rests Poignant Poetry
Saigoneer· 25 August 2025
Saigoneer on Vũ Đình Giang's landmark queer novel, translated by Khải Q. Nguyễn.
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Dangerous Games
diaCRITICS· 6 January 2026
diaCRITICS reviews Parallels, Vietnam's first queer novel in English translation; review by Thảo Tô.
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Major Books signs Treasury of Vietnamese Folk Tales
The Bookseller· 31 October 2025
The Bookseller reports Major Books' acquisition of the illustrated Treasury of Vietnamese Folk Tales.
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In 'Water: A Chronicle,' Nguyễn Ngọc Tư Wades Into the Mekong via Vignettes
Saigoneer· 17 October 2024
Saigoneer on Nguyễn Ngọc Tư's vignette-driven novel of the Mekong Delta.
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New publisher aims to make Vietnamese literature the next translation trend
ArtsHub· 22 April 2025
ArtsHub profiles Major Books and its mission to bring Vietnamese literature to English-speaking readers.
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Life Without Breathing: On Water: A Chronicle
Asymptote· 6 November 2024
Asymptote's essay-review of Water: A Chronicle by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư.
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The Vietnamese with Kenneth Nguyen
The Vietnamese Podcast· 22 June 2026
Why Vietnamese Folklore Is Secretly A Gory Horror Story?
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Major Books: The journey of bringing Vietnamese literature to the world
Tuổi Trẻ News· 2 December 2024
Tuổi Trẻ News profiles Major Books and its mission to bring Vietnamese literature to readers around the world.
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Water: a Chronicle
Asian Review of Books· 23 October 2024
A close reading of Nguyễn Ngọc Tư's Mekong-set novel in Nguyễn An Lý's translation, reviewed by Thảo Tô.
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Vietnamese folk stories: an astonishing exhibition enchants London
Story Feast Magazine· 23 June 2026
Story Feast Magazine on the Echoing Whispers exhibition at the Museum of the Home, where Jeet Zdũng's luminous paintings bring the Treasury of Vietnamese Folk Tales to life.
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The Young Die Old
Foreword Reviews· 1 June 2026
Foreword Reviews on Nguyễn Bình Phương's magical-realist village novel, translated by Khải Q. Nguyễn.
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