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The Mountains Sing

By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Narrated by: Quyen Ngo
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With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan, 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 not just her beloved country, but her family apart.

Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Việt Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope. The Mountains Sing is celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai's first novel in English.

©2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction War & Military World Literature Heartfelt Inspiring Tear-jerking War Vietnamese Language Learning

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The narrator made this story emotionally captivating, the story telling made me drawn to the story...

Very moving and emotionally connected to it ...

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I liked the insight into a survivors war.Also some of the phrasing was very beautiful

Horror for those beaten

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I have been gripped by the story that this family has shared, learning about the effects of the Land Reforms and the Vietnam war. it has been a parallel story of survival against all odds, hate, love, war, running away, family connections/reunions, loss, and healing. The effects of war riddled this family through the generations, leaving them scarred but the determination for freedom and survival kept them going. This story makes me hate war and human greed even more, it made me sad, and I cried at certain points. The author is talented and has conveyed all the emotions and feelings really well, it's like reading a really sad poem. Looking forward to reading more from this author and the stories that she writes.

A story of survival

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Similar to the books about the siciliana family Florio and the Bacardi saga in Cuba. If you lived those you'll absolutely love even more this one.

Cried so much.

Amazing book...

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The narration brings this heart-wrenching story to life, which made me cry many times. Every should read this book, or better, listen to it, which allows you to hear the beautiful Vietnamese language.

Heartbreaking

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I listened to the book twice - that says it all
Amazing story and narrator
Recommended on the history element as well

The Mountains Sing

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I really liked this book. It makes me sad to think how hard the life was for our ancestors. I wish we can learn from events like this and history will never repeat itself!
Beautifully written book.

Beautifully sad story

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This story is heartbreaking yet written and narrated so beautifully I felt transported in Vietnam through these different eras.
It also emphasized the complexity of war, good Vs bad. Besides it's a great way to learn about the Vietnam war from the perspective of Vietnamese.

Highly recommend

Enchanting

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This book is one of the most beautiful I have had the pleasure to have enjoyed. It is an amazing account of the horrors that other nations have inflicted on one of the most cultured people's in the world. Unbiased, informative, authentic, joyous and yet harrowing. The author can make the reader/listener smell the scents and feel the tension of the time.
The world could do with more of these accounts and is certainly better for this one. Without doubt this book is essential.

Utterly beautiful book.

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Occasionally difficult to work out who’s perspective was being narrated when it jumped from one perspective to another. Overall a really great story - heartbreaking and heartwarming

Very moving story

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