Join us for a discussion of award-winning Vietnamese writer and poet Nguyen Phan Que Mai's first novel in English. Copies of the book will be available at the Checkout Desk one month in advance.
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. The novel published in 2020 has won multiple awards, including the 2021 International Book Award. Limited to 12 people
