{"product_id":"the-colors-of-april","title":"The Colors of April","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781953103574\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (US)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Three Rooms Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautifully curated, deeply moving collection.\" \u003ci\u003e-San Francisco Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, literary voices of the Vietnamese-American diaspora as well as Vietnam-based authors speak to the experience of those who left and those who stayed in \u003cb\u003eTHE COLORS OF APRIL\u003c\/b\u003e, a collection of new short fiction curated by award-winning translators and editors Quan Manh Ha and Cab Tran.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor much of the twentieth century, Vietnam played an outsized role on the global stage, charting the destinies of superpowers and reshaping the world's politics. Now fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War comes an anthology of fiction that finally speaks to the global Vietnamese experience: voices of both those who left and those who stayed, what was gained and lost in the half century since, and-for the generations that followed-what it means to be Vietnamese.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than two dozen distinct literary voices are featured in this collection, including \u003cb\u003eViet Thanh Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e (Pulitzer Prize winner, \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Lam\u003c\/b\u003e (PEN\/Beyond Margins Award winner, \u003ci\u003ePerfume Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003cb\u003eBarbara Tran\u003c\/b\u003e (Lannan Foundation Award winner, \u003ci\u003eIn the Mynah Bird's Own Words\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003cb\u003eVu Tran\u003c\/b\u003e (Whiting Award winner, \u003ci\u003eDragonfish\u003c\/i\u003e) and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories are as diverse in style, tone, and subject matter as the ancestral lands of the Vietnamese people. From the rubble of the Ancient Citadel in Qung Tr to the makeshift orphanages outside Si Gn, from Palo Alto to a tony Lincoln Park apartment in Chicago, the narratives straddle continents and generations, the political\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41506896314501,"sku":"PR402410","price":46.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/9781953103574_tPrckjS.original_TNXPXJUQYPNR.jpg?v=1769646118","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/the-colors-of-april","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}