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The Lotus And The Storm (2014)

by Lan Cao(Favorite Author)

4.22 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0670016926 (ISBN13: 9780670016921)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Viking Adult

review 1: After having lived through everything and made a new life on this northern shore, I never thought I would want to revisit the past. But on the recommendation from a friend, I decided to embark on the journey back. A slow and painful one through the beautifully written and deeply humanized account of the Vietnam War. When I finished, I sat and wept for a long time. Thank you Lan Cao for writing this.
review 2: I adore this book!. Set during the Vietnam war, a period that I lived through but until having read cao's book, could hardly say that I experienced in any meaningful way. The Lotus and the Storm is one of those rare books that opens up whole realms of understanding and access to emotions that put one in touch with our common humanity. How did Cao achieve... more this? Through finely wrought characters as viewed through the central compelling dyad of a father and his daughter; through rich historical perspectives, sometimes harrowing but always revealing of their complex paradoxes; a powerful story line that holds our attention; writing that is graceful and urgent and elegiac, both direct and mysterious, and beautiful to read. This book is set in a particular time yet has broad universal appeal – a modern classic! Have recommended to my friends in book clubs. less

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