{"product_id":"the-cleaving-vietnamese-writers-in-the-diaspora-volume-8-hardcover","title":"The Cleaving: Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora Volume 8 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsabelle Thuy Pelaud\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLan Duong\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eViet Thanh Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first and only book to gather the voices and perspectives of Vietnamese diasporic authors from across the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edited by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan P. Duong, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, \u003ci\u003eThe Cleaving \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together Vietnamese artists and writers from around the world in conversation about their craft and how their work has been shaped and received by mainstream culture and their own communities. This collection highlights how Vietnamese diasporic writers speak about having been cleaved--a condition in which they have been separated from, yet still hew to, the country that they have left behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Composed of eighteen dialogues among thirty-seven writers from France, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Canada, Australia, Israel, and the United States, the book expands on the many lives that Vietnamese writers inhabit. The dialogues touch on family history, legacies of colonialism and militarism, and the writers' own artistic and literary achievements. Taken together, these conversations insist on a deeper reckoning with the conditions of displacement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured writers: \u003c\/b\u003eHoai Huong Aubert-Nguyen, Amy Quan Barry, Doan Bui, Thi Bui, Lan Cao, Cathy Linh Che, Andr? Dao, Duy Đo?n, Lan P. Duong, Dương V?n Mai Elliott, Le Ly Hayslip, Matt Huynh, Violet Kupersmith, Thanhh? Lại, Vincent Lam, T.K. L?, Tracey Lien, Marcelino Trương Lực, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Anna M?i, Beth (Bich) Minh Nguyen, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Hoa Nguyen, Philip Nguyễn, Thảo Nguyễn, Vaan Nguyen, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Andrew X. Pham, Aimee Phan, Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood, Bao Phi, Dao Strom, Kim Th?y, Paul Tran, Monique Truong, Minh Huynh Vu, Ocean Vuong \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery dialogue in this anthology shares ache and joy, emotional and intellectual poignancy, a tender agony: for art, for Việt Nam, for place, space, and scale. \u003ci\u003eThe Cleaving\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhibition of what the purest academic scholarship can achieve: art.--Lily Ho?ng, Professor of Literature and Creative Writing, University of California, San Diego \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Perhaps \u003ci\u003eThe Cleaving\u003c\/i\u003e's most significant contribution is in contextualizing the work of these artists as part of a remarkably diverse community, as adept practitioners of craft, and as members of a diaspora whose political orientations toward their former and current homelands do not tidily align. This collection compels recognition of the rich aesthetic and creative aspects of such work beyond 'ethnography to be harvested, ' to borrow from Ocean Vuong's conversation with Kim Th?y. Simply riveting--I can't think of anything comparable.\"--Daniel Kim, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Intimacies of Conflict: Cultural Memory and the Korean War \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsabelle Thuy Pelaud\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University and Cofounder and Executive Director of the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLan P. Duong\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California. Her collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eNothing Follows\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2023. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eViet Thanh Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e is author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e; its sequel, \u003ci\u003eThe Committed\u003c\/i\u003e; and, most recently, the memoir \u003ci\u003eA Man of Two Faces\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.58 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984019980589,"sku":"9780520410350","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/9rVW2bHapU9780520410350.webp?v=1776081427","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-cleaving-vietnamese-writers-in-the-diaspora-volume-8-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}