Crossing the River: Short Fiction by Nguyen Huy Thiep, edited by Nguyen Nguyet Cam and Dana Sachs, multiple translators [in AsianWeek]
06 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories, Southeast Asian, Translation, Vietnamese
According to editors Nguyen and Sachs, “In the history of modern Vietnamese literature, no writer has provoked more debate than Nguyen Huy Thiep.” Indeed, his images of Vietnam are hardly flattering, a...
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