Posted on Apr 22, 2020
Memories Of Tragedy Stay With Author Nguyen Phan Que Mai
1.63K
49
11
12
12
0
Author Nguyen Phan Que Mai is a poet and world traveler whose first novel, The Mountains Sing, is about four generations of a Vietnamese family enduring many hardships — something she understands well.
The 47-year-old writer was born in North Vietnam, but grew up in a small village in the South, destitute, hungry and horrified by the ruins of war. "As a child, I saw so many people with missing limbs," she recalls. "I saw mothers without children, people committing suicide because their loved ones didn't come back."
The 47-year-old writer was born in North Vietnam, but grew up in a small village in the South, destitute, hungry and horrified by the ruins of war. "As a child, I saw so many people with missing limbs," she recalls. "I saw mothers without children, people committing suicide because their loved ones didn't come back."
Memories Of Tragedy Stay With Author Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Posted from npr.org
Vietnam
Vietnam War
Reading
Poetry
Posted >1 y ago
Responses: 10
6
6
0
Her age would put her at the end of the war and the period when the North was reconstructing the southern attitudes. It would be interesting for her to meet and talk with those who participated in the battles that caused the wounds she speaks of seeing and growing up around.
(6)
(0)
6
6
0
6
6
0
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google