A series of new books featuring Vietnamese culture and lifestyle have been released to celebrate the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival in the Year of the Snake, which begins on January 29.
The HCM City Department of Information and Communications will host the annual Tết (Lunar New Year) Book Fair from January 27 to February 2, or December 27 to January 5 on the lunar calendar.
Algerian writer and journalist Kamel Daoud''s debut novel Meursault, Contre-Enquete (The
Meursault Investigation) won the Goncourt Prize (the most prestigious
French literary award) for a first novel in May, and several other
important awards.
The tale of a Vietnamese woman''s difficult journey from war-torn Sai Gon
to a crowded Malaysian refugee camp and then to Quebec, where she
struggled to adjust to a new life, has won the Canadian Broadcasating
Commission''s book competition called Canada Reads.
