{"product_id":"the-cleaving-isabelle-thuy-pelaud-9780520410350","title":"The Cleaving: Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora Volume 8","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first and only book to gather the voices and perspectives of Vietnamese diasporic authors from across the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edited by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan P. Duong, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, \u003ci\u003eThe Cleaving \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together Vietnamese artists and writers from around the world in conversation about their craft and how their work has been shaped and received by mainstream culture and their own communities. This collection highlights how Vietnamese diasporic writers speak about having been cleaved--a condition in which they have been separated from, yet still hew to, the country that they have left behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Composed of eighteen dialogues among thirty-seven writers from France, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Canada, Australia, Israel, and the United States, the book expands on the many lives that Vietnamese writers inhabit. The dialogues touch on family history, legacies of colonialism and militarism, and the writers' own artistic and literary achievements. Taken together, these conversations insist on a deeper reckoning with the conditions of displacement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isabelle Thuy Pelaud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520410351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520410350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Isabelle Thuy Pelaud","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372700815615,"sku":"9780520410350","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87437e22-addd-43e4-9864-7805a46e7fbb.jpg?v=1732726703","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cleaving-isabelle-thuy-pelaud-9780520410350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}