Download dragonfish a novel book for free in pdf, epub. Aug 05, 2015 in vu tran s debut novel dragonfish, released this week, the gray zones of uncertainty loom large for six characters all linked to one woman, a vietnamese refugee who, almost two decades after arriving in the u. Turnaround 3 olympia trading estate coburg rd, london, n22 6tz tel. Find recommended next reads based on the mountains sing.
He is currently working on a blog and writers website. In this way new immigrant literature mimics its antecedents. Now shes disappeared from her new husband, sonny, a violent vietnamese smuggler and gambler whos blackmailing robert into finding her for him. Product description vu trans dragonfish is that rare hybrid marvel. Her husband, a local gangster called sonny nguyen, recruits suzys exhusband, robert ruen, to track her down. This remarkable debut is a noir pause resister resonant with the lasting.
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As he pursues her through the sleek and seamy gambling dens of las vegas, shadowed by sonnys. Jun 22, 2016 dragonfish is an authentic and enjoyable read. Fond of dark places, it is a fitting metaphor for many of the morally complex characters in the story, even if, ironically, in sin city, luck forever eludes them and evil lurks around every corner. Vu tran has been building a substantial literary reputation with his short stories, winning awards such as the o. Now shes disappeared from her new husband, sonny, a violent. The book turns on a few weary confessional speeches, but what people write is usually much more important. I was an only child, my parents both years in their graves, and her entire family was either also dead or still in vietnam. That said, dragonfish was very much a pageturner for me. The vietnam of the past and the las vegas of the present are vividly evoked in this debut novel in which hardboiled noir is seamlessly blended with reminiscences of exile.
Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. Vu tran was born in saigon in 1975, five months after the city fell to the north vietnamese and five months after his father, a captain in the south vietnamese air force, was forced to flee the country. Aug 16, 2015 dragonfish, by vu tran, represents a new departure, a renegotiation of terms in which the past is not a place of nostalgia but one that carries all the trauma of war, and the present is not. Vu tran s novel dragonfish is a thrilling and cinematic work of sophisticated suspense and haunting lyricism, set in motion by characters who can neither. As vu tran s debut novel, dragonfish, opens, suzy vietnamese name, hong has disappeared from her vegas home.
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These tenuous connections will cross paths over her disappearance. Robert ruen, an oakland cop, has spent several years and a. Vu trans noir mystery dragonfish defies some conventions of. Dragonfish, by vu tran, represents a new departure, a renegotiation of terms in which the past is not a place of nostalgia but one that carries all the trauma of war, and the present is not. Tran s thriller debut revolves around an elusive woman who seems lost in her own privateand hauntedworld.
Vu tran has written a thrilling and cinematic work of sophisticated suspense and haunting lyricism, set in motion by characters who can neither trust each other nor trust themselves. Dragonfish is the 2015 debut novel by writer vu tran. Dragonfish a novel download books pdfepub and read online. Dragonfish 9781843448266, 9781843448273 vitalsource. Vu tran offers insight into the vietnamese migrant experience in america, but also into the wider human condition.
Suzy, a mysterious vietnamese woman, leaves her police officer husband, robert, and her home in oakland, california. Robert, an oakland cop, still cant let go of suzy, the enigmatic vietnamese wife who left him two years ago. A polished dagger of a novel that will cut out your heart. A san francisco chronicle best book of the year noteperfect. It is robert, a cop in oakland, california, who narrates much of the story, reliving his years spent with a wife he barely. A missing person mystery is delicately entwined with a heartbreaking story of migration and loss. Vu trans noir mystery dragonfish defies some conventions.
Dragonfish, by vu tran, represents a new departure, a renegotiation of terms in. Dragonfish an international literary thriller ebook epub vu tran achat ebook fnac. Dinaw mengestu, author of all our names robert, an oakland cop, still cant let go of suzy, the enigmatic vietnamese wife who left him two years ago. Dragonfish by vu tran purports to tell the story of an oakland cop, robert, searching for his exwife suzy hong in las vegas and learning she has a longlost daughter who is a poker player. Written in elegant prose, it begins as a familiar kind of detective story, the search for a missing person, but tran seems more concerned with the mystery than its solution, with what cannot be known rather than what can. In order to read online dragonfish a novel textbook, you need to create a free account. The catholics pocket prayer book is an unchanged, highquality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Robert, is not the melting pot you americans like to say it is, a southeast asian michael corleone lectures the white hero of dragonfish. A novel by vu tran ebook product details sales rank.
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