Tales from a Mountain City A Vietnam War memoir eBook Quynh Dao
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Tales from a Mountain City is a blend of history and memoir told by a young Vietnamese girl growing up during the last years of the war and the communist regime. This is a poignant account of the innocence of a child, the innocence of a people, shattered again and again by the cruel tides of power and dogma, clinging tenaciously to their traditions, their home provinces, their hometowns, until the sheer pervasiveness of a communist value system drives them to suicide or exile. Indirectly, this story raises many questions on nationalism and qualities of power, freedom and independence, human rights and human nature.
Tales from a Mountain City A Vietnam War memoir eBook Quynh Dao
Fascinating... you won't be able to put it down!I came across the book on an Author's Forum. It's been shortlisted for the very prestigious Stanford William Saroyan Award in the non-fiction category. Once you read it, you'll know why they chose it. OUTSTANDING!
Quynh Dao lived in Vietnam and was fifteen years old when Saigon fell in 1975.
We Americans rarely get to read accurate, firsthand accounts of the Vietnam War from a young Vietnamese girl who lived through it. Her book is moving, vivid, and a must read.
It's so much more than the story of the Vietnam War. It's the story of all wars. It's the story of all people who yearn for freedom from oppression.
We get to know Quynh, her family, and her country up-close and personal. It's a poignant and fascinating story of her family history: her brave and hard-working parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. We meet the kind and selfless relatives and friends who gave them food and shelter when they were thrown out of their own home by the conquering troops.
Quynh's book will remind you of The Diary of Anne Frank. It will remind you Fahrenheit 451, except the book burnings here are 100% real. It will remind you of Animal Farm... except that some who are "less equal than others" (Chapter 14) is 100% real.
It's a remarkable story of a remarkable woman who traces her ancestry back to the Tea Princess. Through a young girl's eyes, we see the loss of innocence; the tragedy of war; the senseless cruelty of conquering forces. The war is the backdrop, but the closeness of the family unit is the foreground. What a wonderful and heartwarming insight into another culture.
If you found The Diary of Anne Frank moving and revealing, you'll find the same vivid truths and illuminating words in Tales from a Mountain City. It's a must read for a ringside and personal look at the Vietnam War... and all wars.
I couldn't put it down. Highly recommended.
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Tales from a Mountain City A Vietnam War memoir eBook Quynh Dao Reviews
2 1/2 Stars
You have to loooooove history to get into this book. I do. Or at least I thought I did but maybe I don't so much.
When I read a memoir I expect history; I need history to understand the background of someones story. Ideally, I would like 80% personal story and 20% history, (the 20% expertly woven into the memoir in such a way that I dont even realize I'm getting a history lesson).
This book is the opposite. 80% history and 20% personal story. Preeeeeetty dry at times. I will admit that by the time I was 50% through the book I started to skim. I just wanted to 'get to the story'.
See, its like this when someone has limited knowledge of a subject (as I do when it comes to Vietnam) and they are then force fed every detail of every aspect of ancient and modern history, each dynasty, each king, and then every revolt thrown in for good measure, their brain (my brain) starts spinning. It cant help it.
And while my brain is busy making me carsick I round a bend and lo and behold! more background; this time the author's personal familial history (and to be fair, that is, after all, why we are reading this book)....ah! But where to start? How about....yes! I think this should suffice! 400 years ago...
Don't get me wrong; its all interesting stuff. Seriously. But its..just. too. much.
BOTTOM LINE If you love history more than life itself give this a go.
If you don't, but enjoy a good historical memoir written about this time period but in Cambodia, I suggest you try "Mother and the Tiger " instead.
MY RATING PG 13
Many thanks to NetGalley for giving me a digital copy of this book in exchange for a review.
This book was very interesting, I really like the story.
Although this book was very informative, I felt that the emotion that a person would have been feeling in the situation of being the vanquished from your own land did not come through in most of the book. The emotion did come through in the last chapter. If the whole book was written in this manner I would have given it 5 stars.
Even though I know that many Vietnamese are of Chinese origin, it is still delightful to read about the traditional Vietnamese customs, foods and mentality described in this book that are similar to their Chinese equivalent. Another striking similarity is between the Chinese Cultural Revolution and way the Communist dictatorship wreaked havoc in Vietnam. Quynh was fortunate not to have suffered the worst, and to have been able to live to tell the story. Many who grew up in the free world have no idea how a country can be infiltrated over time and then suddenly turned into hell. To them, this well-written book can serve as a wake-up call. We must stay vigilant to keep our country and the world free.
Fascinating... you won't be able to put it down!
I came across the book on an Author's Forum. It's been shortlisted for the very prestigious Stanford William Saroyan Award in the non-fiction category. Once you read it, you'll know why they chose it. OUTSTANDING!
Quynh Dao lived in Vietnam and was fifteen years old when Saigon fell in 1975.
We Americans rarely get to read accurate, firsthand accounts of the Vietnam War from a young Vietnamese girl who lived through it. Her book is moving, vivid, and a must read.
It's so much more than the story of the Vietnam War. It's the story of all wars. It's the story of all people who yearn for freedom from oppression.
We get to know Quynh, her family, and her country up-close and personal. It's a poignant and fascinating story of her family history her brave and hard-working parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. We meet the kind and selfless relatives and friends who gave them food and shelter when they were thrown out of their own home by the conquering troops.
Quynh's book will remind you of The Diary of Anne Frank. It will remind you Fahrenheit 451, except the book burnings here are 100% real. It will remind you of Animal Farm... except that some who are "less equal than others" (Chapter 14) is 100% real.
It's a remarkable story of a remarkable woman who traces her ancestry back to the Tea Princess. Through a young girl's eyes, we see the loss of innocence; the tragedy of war; the senseless cruelty of conquering forces. The war is the backdrop, but the closeness of the family unit is the foreground. What a wonderful and heartwarming insight into another culture.
If you found The Diary of Anne Frank moving and revealing, you'll find the same vivid truths and illuminating words in Tales from a Mountain City. It's a must read for a ringside and personal look at the Vietnam War... and all wars.
I couldn't put it down. Highly recommended.
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