Book guide
The Mountains Sing
A Vietnamese family sings through war, loss, and survival.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalWar storyHistoricalClass divideHistoricalFamily sagaLiteraryComing of ageLiteraryFamily sagaLiteraryGrief journeyLiteraryIntergenerational traumaLiterarySocial commentary
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About The Mountains Sing
This multigenerational saga follows the Trần family through Việt Nam’s twentieth-century upheavals, from Diệu Lan’s flight during Land Reform to Hương’s coming of age in wartime Hà Nội.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- death
- genocide
- violence
- war
- rape
- sexual assault
- suicidal ideation
- alcoholism
- trauma
- ptsd
- famine and starvation
- abortion
- miscarriage
- stillbirth
- amputation
- beheading
- cancer
- parent-child separation
