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Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora

Richard Rodríguez

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Cultural Writing. Asian American Studies. In his long-overdue first collection of essays, noted journalist and NPR commentator Andrew Lam explores his life-long struggle for identity as a Viet Kieu, or a Vietnamese national living abroad. At age eleven, Lam, the son of a South Vietnamese general, came to California on the eve of the fall of Saigon to communist forces. He traded his Vietnamese name for a more American one and immersed himself in the allure of the American Dream: something not clearly defined for him or his family. Reflecting on the meanings of the Vietnam War to the Vietnamese people themselves--particularly to those in exile--Lam picks with searing honesty at the roots of his doubleness and his parents' longing for a homeland that no longer exists.

Language: English

Pages: 143

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Heyday Books

Release: October 21, 2005

ISBN: 1597140201

ISBN 13: 9781597140201

Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora

Richard Rodríguez

4/5 ( ratings)

Cultural Writing. Asian American Studies. In his long-overdue first collection of essays, noted journalist and NPR commentator Andrew Lam explores his life-long struggle for identity as a Viet Kieu, or a Vietnamese national living abroad. At age eleven, Lam, the son of a South Vietnamese general, came to California on the eve of the fall of Saigon to communist forces. He traded his Vietnamese name for a more American one and immersed himself in the allure of the American Dream: something not clearly defined for him or his family. Reflecting on the meanings of the Vietnam War to the Vietnamese people themselves--particularly to those in exile--Lam picks with searing honesty at the roots of his doubleness and his parents' longing for a homeland that no longer exists.

Language: English

Pages: 143

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Heyday Books

Release: October 21, 2005

ISBN: 1597140201

ISBN 13: 9781597140201

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