Category: Vietnamese Books
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Quan Manh Ha and Quynh H. Vo (translators), Longings: Contemporary Fiction by Vietnamese Women Writers, Texas Tech University Press, 2024. 260 pgs. Vietnamese literature in English translation is…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βFinding Meaning in the Very Act of QuestioningβπΏπππππππ : πΆπππ‘ππππππππ¦ πΉπππ‘πππ ππ¦ ππππ‘πππππ π πππππ ππππ‘πππ β by Rebecca Maine](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/longings-contemporary-fiction-by-vietnamese-women-writers.jpg?w=907)
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πΒ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπΒ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS ThuαΊn (author), Nguyα» n An LΓ½ (translator), Elevator in SΓ i GΓ²n, New Directions, 2024. 192 pgs. Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano once wrote that βit is not the future which counts,…
![[REVIEW] “Truth, Lies, and the Mask We Choose: On ThuαΊnβs πΈπππ£ππ‘ππ ππ πππ πΊππ” by Michael Londra](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/f09f9381-return-to-first-impressions-f09f9381-return-to-cha-review-of-books-and-films.jpg?w=881)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Elizabeth Ai (editor), New Wave: Rebellion and Reinvention in the Vietnamese Diaspora, Angel City Press, 2024. 192 pgs. Elizabeth Aiβs edited volume New Wave: Rebellion and Reinvention in the…
![[REVIEW] βArchival RhythmsβYouth, Identity, and Cultural Resistance in the Vietnamese Diaspora: Elizabeth Ai’s πππ€ πππ£πβ by Nguyα»
n Minh TiαΊΏn](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/acp_11.11.24-54-copy.jpg?w=1024)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS DΖ°Ζ‘ng HΖ°α»ng (author), Quan Manh Ha and Charles Waugh (translators), No Man River, Penguin Random House SEA, 2025. 248 pgs. The recent publication of the English edition of DΖ°Ζ‘ng…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βNo Human Being is Spared from Its Crimson Claws: DΖ°Ζ‘ng HΖ°α»ngβs ππ πππ π
ππ£ππβ by Rebecca Maine](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/no-man-river-duong-huong-1.jpg?w=938)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Quan Manh Ha and Paul Christiansen (translators). Light Out and Modern Vietnamese Stories, 1930β1954. Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024. 228 pgs. Light Out…
![[REVIEW] βWriting Against Empire: πΏππβπ‘ ππ’π‘ and Survival in Colonial Vietnamβ by Josie Miller](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/light-out.jpg?w=1000)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Nguyα» n Phan QuαΊΏ Mai, The Mountains Sing, Algonquin Books, 2021. 368 pgs. Nguyα» n Phan QuαΊΏ Maiβs The Mountains Sing is a rare accomplishment: a Vietnamese novel written in…
![[REVIEW] βNarrative Reclamation: Nguyα»
n Phan QuαΊΏ Mai’s πβπ πππ’ππ‘ππππ ππππβ by Zalman S. Davis](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/the-mountains-sing-hardcover-e28093-march-17-2020-by-nguyen-phan-que-mai.jpg?w=996)
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πΒ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Quan Manh Ha and Cab Tran (editors), The Colors of April: Fiction on the Vietnam Warβs Legacy 50 Years Later, Three Room Press, 2025. 306 pgs. The Colors of…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βAn Empathetic Communion with the Pastβπβπ πΆπππππ ππ π΄ππππ: πΉπππ‘πππ ππ π‘βπ ππππ‘πππ πππβπ πΏπππππ¦ 50 πππππ πΏππ‘ππβ by Aaron Gerhart](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/the-colors-of-april-fiction-on-the-vietnam-wars-legacy-50-years-later--1.jpg?w=1000)
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π RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS π RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Susan Lieu, The Manicuristβs Daughter: A Memoir, Celadon Books, 2024. 305 pgs. The Manicuristβs Daughter: A Memoir is both a profound exploration and a courageous recovery of…
![[REVIEW] βTeetering Between Cultures: Susan Lieuβs πβπ ππππππ’πππ π‘βπ π·ππ’πβπ‘ππβ by Thu Le](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/the-manicurists-daughter.jpg?w=987)
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πΒ RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSπΒ RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Ta Duy Anh (author), Quan Manh Ha and Charles Waugh (translators), The Termite Queen, Penguin Random House SEA, 2023. 256 pgs. Ta Duy Anhβs novels, replete as they are…
![[REVIEW] “A Daring and Unsettling Portrait: Ta Duy Anh’s πβπ ππππππ‘π ππ’πππ” by Mia Tompkins](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/the-termite-queen-copy.jpeg?w=625)
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πRETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS πRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS ThuαΊn (author), Nguyα» n An LΓ½ (translator), Chinatown, New Directions, 2022. 160 pgs. A train in the Paris Metro is brought to a halt by a potential bomb threat. Her commute disrupted, the unnamed narrator of Chinatown begins…
![[REVIEW] βOn the Primal and Final Mystery: Her Mind Unravels in ThuαΊnβs πΆβππππ‘ππ€πβ by Kammy Lee](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/chinatown.jpg?w=800)
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{Written by Chase Michael Greenfield, this review is part of Issue 46 of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Quan Manh Ha and Joseph Babcock (translators and editors), Other Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its…
![[REVIEW] βWhat We Never Carried Back: A Review of Vietnamese Stories in ππ‘βππ πππππ ” by Chase Michael Greenfield](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/other-moons-vietnamese-short-stories.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Mark Stevenson, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Nguyα» n HΖ°ng Quα»c and NhΓ£ ThuyΓͺn (editors), Poems of LΓͺ VΔn TΓ i, Nguyα» n TΓ΄n Hiα»t & Phan Quα»³nh…
![[Review] Three Vietnamese Voices in Australia: Poems of LΓͺ VΔn TΓ i, Nguyα»
n TΓ΄n Hiα»t & Phan Quα»³nh](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/vagabond.jpg?w=450)
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We are very excited to announce that in September 2019 ChaΒ will be publishing a special βWriting Vietnamβ issue. The issue will be guest edited by NhΓ£ ThuyΓͺn and Kaitlin Rees, who will be reading the submissions with co-editors Tammy Ho…
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