Blood and Soap: Stories by Linh Dinh [in AsianWeek]
06 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories, Vietnamese American
While English is not the native tongue of Saigon-born Dinh, his mastery of his adopted language is undeniable. Throughout this most eclectic collection of shorts – some beyond short, including one-sentence stories...
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