{"product_id":"9781938160530","title":"The Secret of Hoa Sen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoems by Nguyen Phan Que Mai\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Vietnamese by Bruce Weigl and Nguyen Phan Que Mai\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNguyen Phan Que Mai is among the most exciting writers to emerge from post-war Vietnam. Bruce Weigl, driven by his personal experiences as a soldier during the war in Vietnam, has spent the past 20 years translating contemporary Vietnamese poetry. These penetrating poems, published in bilingual English and Vietnamese, build new bridges between two cultures bound together by war and destruction. \u003ci\u003eThe Secret of Hoa Sen\u003c\/i\u003e, Que Mai's first full-length U.S. publication, shines with craft, art, and deeply felt humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI cross the Lam River to return to my homeland\u003cbr\u003ewhere my mother embraces my grandmother's tomb in the rain,\u003cbr\u003ethe soil of Nghe An so dry the rice plants cling to rocks.\u003cbr\u003eMy mother chews dry corn; hungry, she tries to forget.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173956862192,"sku":"9781938160530","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938160530_p0.jpg?v=1763663319","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938160530","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}