Ru 1st January 1970
Ru: In Vietnamese it means lullaby: in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow – of tears, blood, money. Kim Thúy’s Ru is literature at its most crystalline: the flow of a life on the...
Blogs in January 1970
Derailed in Uncle Ho’s Victory Garden: Travels in Cambodia and Vietnam 1st January 1970
A colourful time of Page’s time in Vietnam and Cambodia, peppered with the parlance of the day, and insightfully written.
The Headmaster’s Wager 1st January 1970
From internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Vincent Lam comes a superbly crafted, highly suspenseful, and deeply affecting novel set against the turmoil of the Vietnam War. Percival Chen is the headmaster of the most respected English school in Saigon....
The 13th Valley 1st January 1970
An excellent novel in the jungles of Vietnam, during the war. A poignant description.
The Map of Lost Memories 1st January 1970
Shanghai, 1925. Irene, a museum curator (and, unofficially, a treasure hunter) is searching for a set of legendary copper scrolls which describe the forgotten history of Cambodia’s ancient Khmer civilisation. Her mentor has sent her to China to enlist...
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