The Beauty of Humanity Movement - Softcover

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9781848877948: The Beauty of Humanity Movement

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ISBN 10: 1848877943 ISBN 13: 9781848877948

Publisher: Atlantic Books, 2012

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They say that the history of Vietnam can be found in a bowl of pho, and from his handcart- kitchen, Old Man Hu'ng makes the best in all Hanoi. But a striking young Vietnamese-American woman - Maggie Ly - wants more from him than a bowl of soup.

Just a young girl when Saigon fell, Maggie fled with her mother to America, leaving her dissident father to an uncertain fate. Now in her thirties, she has returned to the country of her birth in the hopes of discovering what became of him - and Hu'ng may hold the key.

Maggie's guide through Hanoi is Tu, a street-smart young man as fluent in the ways of Western culture as he is governed by his own. Together the old man, the returning daughter, and the young entrepreneur become unlikely friends and allies; and as their stories gradually unfurl, each adds a new layer to another largely untold story: the story of modern Vietnam.

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Praise for The Beauty of Humanity Movement:

'A fascinating portrait of modern Vietnam... The overlapping of the characters' stories and the tracking of their past and present lives reveal the human connections that unite us all.' (Independent)

'Camilla Gibb is surely one of the most talented writers around... I suspect there is little this wonderful woman cannot do'

Source: The Times

From the Author:

Camilla Gibb was born in London and grew up in Canada. She has a PhD in social anthropology from Oxford University and has been writer-in-residence at the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta. Her previous novels, Mouthing the Words, The Petty Details of So-and-so's Life and Sweetness in the Belly, have been published to acclaim in eighteen countries. The jury of the Orange Prize named her as one of twenty-one women writers to watch in the twenty-first century. She lives in Toronto.

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