Major Books

Fiction

Vietnamese literature in English translation.

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6 titles
  • 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 returns, haunted by fragme...

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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 the weight of their pr...

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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 16th-century China, Tr...

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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 curiosity drives her to seek...

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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 stories that weave ...

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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, rivers carry ancient s...

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