Mysterious fragrance of the yellow mountains
Thanh, Yasuko
Mysterious fragrance of the yellow mountains / Yasuko Thanh - Ontario,Canada : Penguin , 2016 - xii, 301 pages ; 22 cm
Vietnam is a haunted country, and Dr. Nguyen Georges-Minh is a haunted man. In 1908, the French rule Saigon, but uneasily; dissent whispers through the corridors of the city. Each day, more Vietnamese rebels are paraded through the streets towards the gleaming blade of the guillotine, now a permanent fixture in the main square and a gruesome warning to those who would attempt to challenge colonial rule. It is a warning that Georges-Minh will not heed. A Vietnamese national and Paris-educated physician, he is obsessed by guilt over his material wealth and nurses a secret loathing for the French connections that have made him rich, even as they have torn his beloved country apart. With a close-knit group of his friends calling themselves the Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains, Georges-Minh plots revenge on the French for the savagery they have shown to the Vietnamese.
English
9780670068784
C20159055873
Guilt---Fiction
Mountains---Fiction
Vietnam----Fiction
France----Fiction
Historical fiction
Canadian fiction
PR9199.4.T433 / M97 2016
FIC THA
Mysterious fragrance of the yellow mountains / Yasuko Thanh - Ontario,Canada : Penguin , 2016 - xii, 301 pages ; 22 cm
Vietnam is a haunted country, and Dr. Nguyen Georges-Minh is a haunted man. In 1908, the French rule Saigon, but uneasily; dissent whispers through the corridors of the city. Each day, more Vietnamese rebels are paraded through the streets towards the gleaming blade of the guillotine, now a permanent fixture in the main square and a gruesome warning to those who would attempt to challenge colonial rule. It is a warning that Georges-Minh will not heed. A Vietnamese national and Paris-educated physician, he is obsessed by guilt over his material wealth and nurses a secret loathing for the French connections that have made him rich, even as they have torn his beloved country apart. With a close-knit group of his friends calling themselves the Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains, Georges-Minh plots revenge on the French for the savagery they have shown to the Vietnamese.
English
9780670068784
C20159055873
Guilt---Fiction
Mountains---Fiction
Vietnam----Fiction
France----Fiction
Historical fiction
Canadian fiction
PR9199.4.T433 / M97 2016
FIC THA
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