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.
Sweet childhood memories, amazing feelings of vital
springs, nostalgia for her native land, and a great passion for
charming Paris – those are the different emotions that female writer and
poet Vi Thuy Linh reveals in her newly-published book, Ho Chieu Tam Hon...
Short stories penned by Vietnamese writer Nguyen Nhat Anh, who has
millions of young fans in Viet Nam, were featured in a publication that
was recently released in Japan.
