Henry and being a finalist for the vilcek prize for creative promise. Dinaw mengestu, author of all our names robert, an oakland cop, still cant let go of suzy, the enigmatic vietnamese wife who left him two years ago. Charles bock, new york times bestselling author of beautiful children robert, an oakland cop, still cant let go of suzy, the mysterious vie. Like his predecessors, tran sets about writing a novel of transformation and redemption that is anything but easy. He has been hired by suzys new husband sonny to find her and there is. Race, gender, power, and trauma in vu trans dragonfish by. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Written by vu tran, audiobook narrated by tom taylorson, nancy wu.
Dragonfish ebook by vu tran 9781843448273 rakuten kobo. The expression, its a vietnamese thing is uttered more than once in dragonfish, vu tran s odd, transfixing existential thriller. Dragonfish book ottawa public library bibliocommons. Read more about vu tran and our writerinresidence program here. This remarkable debut novel is a noir pageturner resonant with the lasting reverberations of lives lost and lives remade a. Trans thriller debut revolves around an elusive woman who seems lost in her own privateand hauntedworld. Race, gender, power, and trauma in vu trans dragonfish by quanmanh ha and chase greenfield trauma, an immediate effect. On the pure joyous level of great storytelling, dragonfish is a top notch mysterynoteperfect. Vu tran has written a thrilling and cinematic work of sophisticated suspense and haunting lyricism, set in motion by characters who can neither trust each other nor trust themselves. Now shes disappeared from her new husband, sonny, a violent vietnamese smuggler and gambler whos blackmailing robert into finding her for him.
Dragonfish albuquerque bernalillo county library system. A new york times notable book of 2015 vu tran s dragonfish is that rare hybrid marvela literary thriller, a narrative of migration and loss that upends the conventions of any form. He is the winner of a whiting award, and his short stories have appeared in many publications, including the o. Either way it is a welcome debut by firsttime author vu tran, a new voice for the vietnamese immigrant experience. Now shes disappeared from her new husband, sonny, a violent vietnamese smuggler and gambler. Searching for suzy in the sleek and seamy gambling dens of las vegas, robert finds himself also chasing the past that haunts herone that extends back to. He teaches creative writing at the university of chicago. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. Tran s characters are a motley crew equal to anything ever dreamed up by elmore leonard or james crumley. A san francisco chronicle best book of the year noteperfect. Dragonfish, vu trans first novel, is a story of exile and loss strapped into the cockpit of a thriller. Dragonfish is a crime novel wrapped around a literary novel about vietnamese refugees harrowing escape in a boat. Read dragonfish an international literary thriller by vu tran available from rakuten kobo. An international literary thriller, dragonfish, vu tran, no exit press.
The spoken word doesnt count for much in vu tran s hardhitting debut novel, dragonfish. Vu tran has written a thrilling and cinematic work of sophisticated suspense and haunting lyricism set in. Vu tran s debut thriller, dragonfish, surprises in ways that readers may not initially expect. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. A few years before the story begins, his vietnamese wife, suzy, suddenly deserted. The overdrive read format of this ebook has professional narration that plays while you read in your browser. Vu tran was born in saigon, vietnam, and raised in oklahoma. Learn more about dragonfish in the albuquerque bernalillo county library system digital collection. Assistant professor of practice in the arts, director of undergraduate studies in creative writing.
Dragonfish, by vu tran, represents a new departure, a renegotiation of terms in which the past is not a place of nostalgia but one that carries all the trauma of war, and the present is not. That rare hybrid marvel a literary thriller, a narrative of migration. If you like your suspense with a literary edgelook no further than dragonfish. Dragonfish by vu tran and publisher no exit press ff.
Henry prize stories and the best american mystery stories. She was one of many boat people, and this aspect of the story might well be modeled after vu tran s reallife experiences where he and most of his family were refugees at pulau bidong before passage to oklahoma. Vu tran has been building a substantial literary reputation with his short stories, winning awards such as the o. That rare hybrid marvel a literary thriller, a narrative of migration and loss that upends the conventions of any for. Vu tran robert, an oakland cop, still cant let go of suzy, the enigmatic vietnamese wife who left him two years ago. Now shes disappeared from her new husband, sonny, a violent vietnamese smuggler and. Suzy, a mysterious vietnamese woman, leaves her police officer husband, robert, and her home in oakland, california. Read dragonfish, by vu tran online on bookmate that rare hybrid marvel a literary thriller, a narrative of migration and loss that upends the conventions of any form dinaw mengestu, author o.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. She reappears in las vegas with a new husband, sonny, a violent vietnamese gambler and smuggler. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading dragonfish. In tran s striking debut crime novel, oakland, calif.
As he pursues her through the sleek and seamy gambling dens of las vegas, shadowed by sonnys sadistic. Dragonfish is the 2015 debut novel by writer vu tran. Robert, an oakland cop, still cant let go of suzy, the enigmatic vietnamese wife who left him two years ago. It is titled dragonfish and is the debut work of vu tran, who teaches creative writing to a very fortunate group of students at the university of chicago. Dragonfish by vu tran purports to tell the story of an oakland cop, robert, searching for his exwife suzy hong in las vegas and learning she has a longlost daughter who is a poker player. From seemingly out of nowhere and with little advance fanfare comes a book you must read. Dragonfish by vu tran read online in pdf full version. Dragonfish an international literary thriller epub vu. Dragonfish 9781843448266, 9781843448273 vitalsource. Robert, is not the melting pot you americans like to say it is, a southeast asian michael corleone lectures the white hero of. Dragonfish an international literary thriller epub vu tran achat ebook fnac. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide. Suzy, a mysterious vietnamese woman, leaves her police officer husband, robert, and her home. That said, dragonfish was very much a pageturner for me.
The evolution of mobile and portable computers by evan koblentz ebook. At its core, this richly satisfying work is pure noir. Vu tran department of english language and literature. Robert ruen, an oakland cop, has spent several years and a. Every description was vivid, from life in a refugee camp, to the 247 neon lights of vegas, vu tran really masterfully crafted an environment of suppression, hopelessness, and one of lost love. In dragonfish, suzy writes about leaving vietnam with her daughter, and arriving on an island before finally being resettled in the united states. Henry prize stories, the best american mystery stories, best of fence, and other publications. The book turns on a few weary confessional speeches. Vu tran s first novel, dragonfish, was a ny times notable book and a san francisco chronicle best books of the year. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Dragonfish employs the tropes of the crime novel and the noir noveltwo genres that. A thrilling work of sophisticated suspense set amid the vietnamese underworld in las vegas. A polished dagger of a novel that will cut out your heart. This study guide consists of approximately 39 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of dragonfish.