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Black Star
Paperback
Publisher Price: $14.95
Publisher: Luc Luong
Published: Jun 19 2026
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Black Star (or Ngôi Sao Đen in Vietnamese) by Đông Yên is a poignant collection of four short stories that delve into the profound displacement and moral struggles of South Vietnamese intellectuals and families during and after the Vietnam War. Through characters like Bui Khiet and Bich, the author explores themes of lost identity, the hell of political re-education, and the tragic price of being born into the wrong century. The narratives are steeped in a sense of fatalism and karmic debt, often contrasting the vanished elegance of old Saigon and Da Lat with the harsh, corrupt realities of the post-1975 regime. Ultimately, the collection serves as a somber reflection on human resilience and the search for spiritual gravity amidst historical chaos.
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