A major new novel from the most important Vietnamese author writing today. Duong Thu Huong has won acclaim for her exceptional lyricism and psychological acumen, as well as for her unflinching portraits of modern Vietnam and its culture and people. In this monumental new novel she offers an intimate, imagined account of the final months in the life of President Ho Chi Minh at an isolated mountaintop compound where he is imprisoned both physically and emotionally, weaving his story in with those of his wife’s brother-in-law, an elder in a small village town, and a close friend and political ally, to explore how we reconcile the struggles of the human heart with the external world. These narratives portray the thirst for absolute power, both political and otherwise, and the tragic consequences on family, community, and nationhood that can occur when jealousy is coupled with greed or mixed with a lust for power. The Zenith illuminates and captures the moral conscience of Vie...
Author: Huong Duong Thu
ISBN: 9781101583821
Year of publication: 2012
Translator: Young Stephen B.
Number of pages: 722
Reading time: 12 h. 2 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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