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Chronicles of A Village

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Chronicles of A Village by Nguyen Thanh Hien delves into the multifaceted life of a rural Vietnamese community, capturing the everyday struggles, joys, and interconnectedness of its inhabitants. Through the tales of various villagers, the narrative explores themes of tradition, change, and resilience. The book paints a vivid portrait of village life, offering insight into cultural and generational shifts.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate immersive storytelling that transports you into the heart of village life, offering a rich tapestry of characters and events. Its vivid depiction of cultural traditions and communal dynamics might captivate readers who find beauty in the quietly profound details of everyday life. Fans of general fiction seeking a thoughtful exploration of societal themes might find it particularly engaging.

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A fragmentary poetic novel that interweaves the legends, tragedies and histories of a tabulated village in modern-day Vietnam.

Chronicles of a Village is set in an anonymous Vietnamese village based on the author's personal memories. The surrealistic narrative touches on the country's pre-modern history, the colonial era, and the onslaught of modernity that irreversibly affects the mountains, rivers, soil and memories of a wretched people.

Written in vibrant fragments that resemble prose poems, the novel combines the author's melodious style of oral storytelling with historical micro-narratives and mythological elements. The book takes the reader through poetic and political landscapes teeming with ancient legends, love stories, marvellous nature, war tragedies and modern alienation, which constitute the beauty and 'the fatal historical disabilities of a land'.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9789815017885

Publisher: Penguin Random House SEA

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 July 2022

Country: Singapore

Imprint: Penguin Random House SEA

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 168g

Pages: 140

About the Author

Nguyen Thanh Hien (Author) Nguyen Thanh Hien was born in 1940 in Nam Tuong village, An Nhon district, B nh Dinh Province in Vietnam, the country central to his literary works. He graduated with a BA in Western philosophy from the Saigon University of Literature. During the Vietnam War, he participated in the student movement against the war in Saigon and wrote stories for the anti-war magazines Tr nh Bay and Doi Dien. Currently he is based in Qui Nhon city, vernacularly known as Gia, where he works as an educator and author. He has written twenty-four novels, twenty-two epic poems, three volumes of short stories and numerous poems, some of which have been printed into books and a variety of which have been widely published on domestic and foreign literary websites. Nguyen-Hoang Quyen (Translator) Quyen Nguyen-Hoang is a writer, translator and art curator born in Vietnam. Her poems and translations have appeared on Poetry Magazine, Jacket2, the Margins, and various literary anthologies and exhibition catalogues. She is a Stanford University graduate, a 2020 PEN/Heim Translation grant recipient and a winner of the Winter/Spring 2022 Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation.

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