The release date for the English version of 'The Mountains Sing' by
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai is Mar 2020. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The Mountains Sing depicts the multigenerational story of the Trần family against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, with the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan. Born in 1920, Trần Diệu Lan had to leave her family farm with her six children when the Communist government took power in the North during the Land Reform. Years later in Hà Nội, her little granddaughter Hương reaches adulthood as her dad and uncles leave to fight in a war that splits not only her family but her beloved nation as well as the Hồ Chí Minh Trail.
The Mountains Sing, a vivid and captivating story deeply rooted in Vietnamese language and customs, portrays the human cost of the battle from the perspective of the Vietnamese people, demonstrating the transformative power of kindness and optimism.