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'Dazzling. Sharply drawn and hauntingly beautiful.' Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees&,nbsp,
Four lives, entwined forever by decisions made in a time of conflict. But what happens decades later when they unexpectedly converge once more?&,nbsp,&,nbsp,
'Dust Child&,nbsp,is satisfying, lyrical, and deeply empathetic.&,nbsp,Nguy?n Phan Qu? Mai&,nbsp,is a born storyteller.' Gabrielle Zevin, author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow&,nbsp,
Trang and Quynh:&,nbsp,sisters who&,nbsp,leave their rural village for the bustling city of Saigon, desperate to find work to help their impoverished parents.&,nbsp,When they take jobs as ‘ bar girls’, paid to flirt with American GIs, they must decide whether they are willing to turn their backs on the people they used to be. &,nbsp,&,nbsp,
Phong: one of the thousands of mixed-race children abandoned by their American fathers and Vietnamese mothers. Phong grows up surrounded by rejection, insulted as a ‘Black American imperialist’, and a ‘child of the enemy’. But he never gives up hope of finding his parents and proving he is more than a ‘bui doi’: more than the ‘dust of life’.&,nbsp,&,nbsp,
Dan: A former American helicopter pilot still plagued by regrets about his actions during the&,nbsp,Vi?t Nam&,nbsp,war. Now he has returned in the hope of confronting the demons that refuse to fall silent.&,nbsp,&,nbsp,
Set between the&,nbsp,Vi?t Nam&,nbsp,war and the present day,&,nbsp,Dust Child&,nbsp,is a sweeping epic of family secrets and hidden heartache, from an internationally celebrated author.&,nbsp,
'Nguy?n Phan Qu? Mai is one of the most unique storytellers of our time.' Natalie Jenner, internationally bestselling-author of The Jane Austen Society
A Best Book of the Year according to&,nbsp,Book Riot, the&,nbsp,Buzz&,nbsp,Magazines,&,nbsp,Cosmopolitan&,nbsp,and&,nbsp,Reader's Digest
A Most Anticipated Title according to&,nbsp,Sydney Morning Herald,&,nbsp,Salon,&,nbsp,NB Magazine&,nbsp,and&,nbsp,SheReads
| EAN : | 9780861547135 |
| Katalógové číslo: | 1396512 |
| Rok vydania: | 2024 |
| Jazyk: | anglický |
| Počet strán: | 352 |
| Väzba: | Paperback / softback |
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