Monthly Archives: February, 2021

[Le Monde] En un seul livre, Un bref instant de splendeur (On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous), l’Américain Ocean Vuong a fait sensation. Dès sa sortie aux Etats-Unis en juin 2019, ce roman, intime et cru, où se mêlent des réflexions sur l’immigration vietnamienne, l’homosexualité et une description de la solitude et la jeunesse contemporaine, s’est placé dans la liste des meilleures ventes du New York Times.

There is a Vietnamese diaspora in America. The stories are there. And let me tell you, Vietnamese people have got some pretty compelling stories about the war. God forbid, what if stories about Vietnam focused on the people and not the war?

When I was eleven years old I had a dream that my house was burning down. And I wouldn’t call it a dream, really—it was more like a fantasy. When I woke up the blanket was pulled over my eyes. No, this is no joke.

[Saigoneer] “Vietnamese communities can sometimes/often demand conformity and tradition of people in order to feel a part of things; I have always seen diaCRITICS as an opportunity to trouble the definitions, push the boundaries, to include the atypical voices and stories and viewpoints.”