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Brothers and Ghosts
Brothers and Ghosts | KHUE. PHAM
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A young woman, torn between two cultures, belonging to neither. A family, torn apart by a war they had no choice about. Thirty-year-old Ki?u, who calls herself Kim because it's easier for Europeans to pronounce, was born in Berlin and knows little about her Vietnamese family's history. Then she receives a Facebook message from her estranged Uncle S?n in America, telling her that her grandmother, her father's mother, is dying. The two brothers haven't spoken since the end of the Vietnam War. Minh, Ki?u's father, supported the communists, while S?n sided with the Americans. When Ki?u and her parents travel to America to join the rest of the family in California for the funeral, questions relating to their past -- to what has been suppressed -- resurface and demand to be addressed.
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A (fictionalised) look at an affluent Saigon family during and after the war. Translated from German, the story hinges on the split between the eldest child, a medic trained in Berlin, and the rest of his siblings who make their own way to the US. As often with dual narratives, the flashback scenes seemed a lot more gripping/ interesting than the near contemporary character.

#Vietnam #Migration #Berlin