Water: a Chronicle
Translated from Vietnamese by Nguyễn An Lý.
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- Paperback published on 30/10/2024
- Page count: 160 pages
- ISBN: 9781917233002
Synopsis
At the heart of this watery 'chronicle' is a dual mystery: a holy man on an island empire, once a con artist, and a desperate mother named Phúc (Fortune) seeking his heart to cure her child. The mosaic novel of nine stories circles this enigma like the river’s currents, carrying with it fragments of myth and life from timeless Mekong. A trans woman who wants to be “full”, a shadow bride who wants to be fleshed, a mad woman with a colicky infant, a words-eating-woman shielding her child from a fly apocalypse.... The ghosts and ghouls that reflect upon the water surface may well be the everyday reality of river life, or simply the universal haunting of womanhood.
About the author
Nguyễn Ngọc Tư is a highly acclaimed female writer of the Việt Nam Writers Association. She writes with a quintessentially Southern tonality that has become her signature. Her works have received numerous awards, including the LiBeraturpreis Prize 2018. In 2019, Forbes listed her as one of the Top 50 most influential women in Việt Nam. Her works have been translated into Korean, English, Swedish,and German.
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