The Mountains Sing: Runner-up for the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
By Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai

Winner of the Blogger's Book Prize, 2021and Shortlisted for the People's Book Prize, 2021Winner of Best Literary Fiction and Best Multicultural Fiction at American Book Fest International Book Awards, 2021'An epic account of Viet Nam's painful 20th-century history, both vast in scope and intimate in its telling... Moving and riveting.' Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofand The Sympathizerand Selected as a Best Book of 2020 byand NB Magazineand *and BookBrowseand *and Buzz Magazineand * NPR *and Washington Independent Review of Booksand *and Real Simpleand *and She Reads * A Hindu's View * Thoughts from a PageOne family, two generations of women and a war that will change their lives foreverHa Noi, 1972.and Hương and her grandmother, Trần Diệu Lan, cling to one another in their improvised shelter as American bombs fall around them. Forand Trần Diệu Lan, forced to flee the family farm with her six children decades earlier as the Communist government rose to power in the North, this experience is horribly familiar. Seen through the eyes of these two unforgettable women,and The Mountains Singand captures their defiance and determination, hope and unexpected joy.and Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions ofand Việt Nam, celebrated Vietnamese poetand Nguyễn's richly lyrical debut weaves between the lives of a grandmother and granddaughter to paint a unique picture of a country pushed to breaking point, and a family who refuse to give up.and 'Devastating…and From the French and Japanese occupations to the Indochina wars, The Great Hunger, land reform and the Vietnam War, it's a story of resilience, determination, family and hope in a country blighted by pain.'and Refinery29