Vietnam Is A Haunted Country, And Dr. Nguyen Georges-minh Is A Haunted Man. In 1908, The French Rule Saigon, But Uneasily; Dissent Whispers Through The Corridors Of The City. Each Day, More Vietnamese Rebels Are Paraded Through The Streets Towards The Gleaming Blade Of The Guillotine, Now A Permanent Fixture In The Main Square And A Gruesome Warning To Those Who Would Attempt To Challenge Colonial Rule. It Is A Warning That Georges-minh Will Not Heed. A Vietnamese National And Paris-educated Physician, He Is Obsessed By Guilt Over His Material Wealth And Nurses A Secret Loathing For The French Connections That Have Made Him Rich, Even As They Have Torn His Beloved Country Apart. With A Close-knit Group Of His Friends Calling Themselves The Mysterious Fragrance Of The Yellow Mountains, Georges-minh Plots Revenge On The French For The Savagery They Have Shown To The Vietnamese. And It Falls To Georges-minh To Create A Poison To Mix Into The Christmas Dinner Of A Garrison Of French Soldiers. It Is An Act That Will Send An Unmistakable Message To The French: Get Out Of Vietnam. But The Assassination Attempt Goes Horribly Wrong. Forced To Flee Into The Deep Jungles Of The Outer Provinces, Georges-minh Must Care For His Infant Son, Manage The Growing Madness Of His Wife, And Elude Capture By The Hill Tribes And The Small--but Lethal--pockets Of French Sympathizers. Journey Prize Winner Yasuko Thanh Transports Us Into A Vivid, Historical Vietnam, One That Is Filled With Chaotic Streets, Teeming Marketplaces, Squalid Opium Dens, And Angry Ghosts That Exist Side By Side With The Living -- Yasuko Thanh.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Heritage
- Historical Fiction
Publisher : Hamish Hamilton
Author : Thanh, Yasuko
Language : English
Published :2016-04-05
Number Of Pages : 320
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0670068780
ISBN-13 : 9780670068784
Item weight : 0.65 lb
Dimensions : 1.1 in x 5.75 in x 8.43 in
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