by Duong Thu Huong · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253118732
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«Terre des oublis» is the novel by Duong Thu Huong, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (699 pages, in French).
In 1975, Miên, married to Hoan and mother of a son, sees Bôn reappear: her first husband, a communist veteran everyone believed dead in the war. Bôn claims her, and social pressure places her between two men and two lives. The novel explores the past of the three characters and portrays everyday Vietnam with its sounds, smells and colours.
Work translated from Vietnamese (original title: «Chốn vắng») by Phan Huy Đường. Originally published in 2002; this edition is from 2007. Winner of the Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle.
For readers of contemporary fiction and historical narrative about post-war Vietnam.
Dương Thu Hương is a Vietnammese author and political dissident.
