Brothers and Ghosts
Published on 3. September 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-957363-79-0 (ISBN)
Description
Kim knows little about her Vietnamese family's history until she received a Facebook message from her estranged uncle in America, telling her that her grandmother is dying. Her father and uncle haven't spoken since the end of the Vietnam War. One brother supported the Viet Cong, while the other sided with the Americans. When she and her parent travel to America to join the rest of the family, questions relating to the past arise.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
224 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-957363-79-0 (9781957363790)
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Khuê Phạm is an award-winning Vietnamese-German writer. A graduate from the LSE, she freelanced for The Guardian and NPR's Berlin bureau before becoming an editor at Die Zeit. She was nominated for Germany's version of the Pulitzer Prize. Her novel Brothers and Ghosts is inspired by the story of her Vietnamese family.