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The international best-selling author of The Mountains Sing, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, brings us her second novel, Dust Child, a moving and suspenseful saga of family ties, trauma, forgiveness and war. Set in both present-day Việt Nam and the harrowing days of the war, this is a novel that is equal parts heartbreaking and redemptive.
Desperate to help their parents pay off their debts, sisters Trang and Quỳnh leave their rural village to become “bar girls” in the city of Sài Gòn, flirting with American GIs in exchange for pay. It is 1969, the war is moving closer to the city, and Trang finds herself falling in love with an American pilot. Decades later, a veteran, Dan, comes back to Việt Nam with his wife, struggling with PTSD and secrets from his past. At the same time, Phong, the son of a Black American solider and Vietnamese woman, is searching for his birth parents after growing up in an orphanage being called “son of the enemy” or “dust child.” As the two come together, past and present collide as they come to terms with decisions made during a time of war.
Our March guest author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai is an award-winning Vietnamese writer and journalist, with a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. She has published 12 diff
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Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý
Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest and dissident
For the Vietnamese long-distance runner, see Nguyễn Văn Lý (athlete).
Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý | |
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| Born | Nguyễn Văn Lý (1946-05-15) 15 May 1946 (age 78) Vĩnh Chấp, Vĩnh Linh, Quảng Trị, Vietnam |
| Nationality | Vietnamese |
| Occupation(s) | Roman Catholic priest and political dissident |
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Nguyễn, but is often simplified to Nguyen in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Lý.
Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý (born 15 May 1946) is a Vietnamese Roman Catholic priest and dissident involved in many pro-democracy movements, for which he was imprisoned for a total of almost 15 years. For his ongoing imprisonment and continuous non-violent protest, Amnesty International adopted Lý in December 1983 as a prisoner of conscience.[1] Most recently, his support for the Bloc 8406 manifesto has led to his sentence on 30 March 2007, for an additional eight years in prison, where he was released and then returned in 2011.[2]
History
[edit]Nguyễn Văn Lý began his dissident activities as early as the 1970s. He spent a year in prison from 1977–78, and an additional nine from May
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