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PublisherNew Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN-100811238547
ISBN-139780811238540
eBay Product ID (ePID)8062635641
Product Key Features
Book TitleElevator in Saigon
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGhost, General, Linguistics / General
Publication Year2024
GenreFiction, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorThuan
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight5.9 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2024-009046
ReviewsThere is a vertiginous, far-sighted quality to the prose... In Elevator in Sài Gòn, there are no resolutions, only points of departure., Chinatown is a fever dream, a hallucination, a loop in time and life that Thua^n masterfully deploys to capture the disorienting and debilitating effects of migration, racism, and a broken heart in both Vietnam and France. I was completely immersed in this spellbinding novel., Thu?n has a sharp eye for detail, describing 'a Hanoian voice of the kind that could now rarely be heard, and only in Sài Gòn or in Paris, a Hanoian voice that belongs to a Hanoian who has been away from Hà N?i for at least half a century.' Her themes of identity and estrangement unfold within a series of mysteries, like a set of Matryoshka dolls. , Thu?n is a clear-eyed chronicler of the French empire and its Vietnamese afterlives: for English-language readers, accustomed as we are to portrayals dominated by the lens of the American-led war, Elevator in Sài Gòn is a thrilling change of orientation., Thu'n has a sharp eye for detail, describing 'a Hanoian voice of the kind that could now rarely be heard, and only in Sài Gòn or in Paris, a Hanoian voice that belongs to a Hanoian who has been away from Hà Noi for at least half a century.' Her themes of identity and estrangement unfold within a series of mysteries, like a set of Matryoshka dolls., " Thu?n has a sharp eye for detail, describing "a Hanoian voice of the kind that could now rarely be heard, and only in Sài Gòn or in Paris, a Hanoian voice that belongs to a Hanoian who has been away from Hà N?i for at least half a century." Her themes of identity and estrangement unfold within a series of mysteries, like a set of Matryoshka dolls. ", In Nguy?n An Lý's impeccable translation, Thu?n intricately layers history and memory with her customary brio, creating a portrait of grief and longing that persists across generations. A fractured, atmospheric novel that lingers in the mind long after you turn the last page., For Elevator in Saigon the truth is less important than the quest itself with its fabric of crossed destinies and intersecting stories. As with Thu?n's earlier Chinatown, Elevator in Saigon is an incredibly well-orchestrated portrait of a mind trying to making sense of the world., Like Duras, Thuan is an intensely poetic writer. In many writers' hands, this strategy could be deadening, but Thuan excels at creating momentum through language, and Nguyen An Lý translates that momentum beautifully. Chinatown exerts a near-tidal pull on the reader. I swallowed it down in one gulp., Like Duras, Thu'n is an intensely poetic writer. In many writers' hands, this strategy could be deadening, but Thu'n excels at creating momentum through language, and Nguyen An Lý translates that momentum beautifully. Chinatown exerts a near-tidal pull on the reader. I swallowed it down in one gulp., Thu'n draws ingeniously on the pacing and tropes of detective fiction to craft a layered tale of family secrets. Readers will be rapt. , ""Threaded with observations about the nature of Vietnam's colonial history and its aftermath, the novel is also an appraisal of memory and elision."", Thu?n draws ingeniously on the pacing and tropes of detective fiction to craft a layered tale of family secrets. Readers will be rapt. , Chinatown is a fever dream, a hallucination, a loop in time and life that Thu'n masterfully deploys to capture the disorienting and debilitating effects of migration, racism, and a broken heart in both Vietnam and France. I was completely immersed in this spellbinding novel., Elevator in Sài Gòn is a literal and structural exquisite corpse, capturing Vietnam's eventful period from 1954 to 2004. Mimicking an elevator's movement, the novel heightens our yearning for romance and mystery, while unflinchingly exposing such narrative shaft. Channeling Marguerite Duras and Patrick Modiano, the book also offers a dead-on tour of a society cunningly leaping from one ideological mode to the next. As if challenging Rick's parting words to Ilsa in Casablanca, Thu'n's sophomore novel in English implies that geopolitical debacles might have been mitigated if personal relations were held in more elevated regard than 'a hill of beans'. , Elevator in Sài Gòn is a literal and structural exquisite corpse, capturing Vietnam's eventful period from 1954 to 2004. Mimicking an elevator's movement, the novel heightens our yearning for romance and mystery, while unflinchingly exposing such narrative shaft. Channeling Marguerite Duras and Patrick Modiano, the book also offers a dead-on tour of a society cunningly leaping from one ideological mode to the next. As if challenging Rick's parting words to Ilsa in Casablanca, Thu?n's sophomore novel in English implies that geopolitical debacles might have been mitigated if personal relations were held in more elevated regard than 'a hill of beans.' , Underneath its calm surface, Elevator in Sài Gòn is a detective thriller, a romance and an interrogation of post-colonial freedom -- a beautiful novel about the collision of personal and public histories.
SynopsisA young Vietnamese woman living in Paris travels back to Saigon for her estranged mother's funeral. Her brother had recently built a new house in Saigon, including what was rumored to be the first elevator in a private home in the country, but days after moving in, their mother mysteriously fell down the elevator shaft, dying in an instant. After the funeral, the daughter becomes increasingly fascinated with her family's history and learns of an enigmatic figure, Paul Polotsky, from her mother's notebook. Like an amateur sleuth, she trails Polotsky through the streets of Paris. Meanwhile, she tries to find clues about her mother's past, which zigzags through Hà N?i, Sài Gòn, Paris, Pyongyang, and Seoul. Combining elements of the detective thriller, a historical romance, and the immigrant experience, Elevator in Sài Gòn is a scathing satire of life in a communist state and a heartbreaking postcolonial ghost story., Personal and political, tragic and bitingly satirical, an ethereal journey through Hanoi, Saigon, Paris, Pyongyang, and Seoul.
LC Classification NumberPL4378.9.T57493T4713
