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A young woman, torn between two cultures, belonging to neither. A family, torn apart by a war they had no choice about.Kiều calls herself Kim because it's easier for Europeans to pronounce. She knows little about her Vietnamese family's history until she receives a Facebook message from her estranged uncle in America, telling her that her grandmother is dying. Her father and uncle haven't spoken since the end of the Vietnam War. One brother supported the Vietcong, while the other sided with the Americans.
When Kiều and her parents travel to America to join the rest of the family in California to open her grandmother's will, questions relating to their past - to what has been suppressed - resurface and demand to be addressed.
About the author
Khuê Phạm is an award-winning Vietnamese-German writer. A graduate from the LSE, she freelanced for The Guardian and NPR’s Berlin bureau before becoming an editor at Die Zeit. She was nominated for Germany’s version of the Pulitzer Prize. Her novel Brothers and Ghosts is inspired by the story of her Vietnamese family.
Daryl Lindsey studied journalism and German. He works as a journalist and also as a literary translator for publications including Germany’s Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Charles Hawley holds a BA in political science and an MA in journalism. He works as a journalist, and translates for leading German publications including Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Summary
A young woman, torn between two cultures, belonging to neither.
A family, torn apart by a war they had no choice about.
Kiều calls herself Kim because it’s easier for Europeans to pronounce. She knows little about her Vietnamese family’s history until she receives a Facebook message from her estranged uncle in America, telling her that her grandmother is dying. Her father and uncle haven’t spoken since the end of the Vietnam War. One brother supported the Vietcong, while the other sided with the Americans.
When Kiều and her parents travel to America to join the rest of the family in California to open her grandmother’s will, questions relating to their past — to what has been suppressed — resurface and demand to be addressed.
