Elevator in Sà̀i Gòn
(Book)
Uniform Title
Author
Contributors
Nguyẽ̂n An Lý, translator.
Published
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2024.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780811238540, 0811238547
Physical Desc
171 pages ; 20 cm
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Dennis Memorial Library - Adult | FICTION THU | On Shelf |
Falmouth - Main Library - New | FICTION Thuan Elevator | On Shelf |
Truro Public Library - New | FICTION THUA | On Shelf |
Wellfleet Public Library - Adult | FICTION Thuan | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2024.
Language
English
ISBN
9780811238540, 0811238547
Notes
General Note
"A New Directions paperback original."
Description
"A young Vietnamese woman living in Paris travels back to Saigon for her estranged mother's funeral. Her brother had recently built a new house in Saigon, and staged a grotesquely lavish ceremony for their mother to inaugurate what was rumored to be the first elevator in a private home in the country. But shortly after the ceremony, in the middle of the night, their mother mysteriously fell down the elevator shaft, dying in an instant. After the funeral, the daughter becomes increasingly fascinated with her family's history, and begins to investigate and track an enigmatic figure, Paul Polotski, who emerges from her mother's notebook. Like an amateur sleuth, she trails Polotski through the streets of Paris, sneaking behind him as he goes about his usual routines. Meanwhile, she also researches her mother's past-zigzagging across France and Asia-trying to find clues to the spiraling, deepening questions her mother left behind unanswered-and perhaps unanswerable. Still banned in Vietnam, Elevator in Saigon is a thrilling novel combining elements of the detective thriller, historical romance, postcolonial ghost story, and a scathing satire of life in a communist state"--,Provided by publisher.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Thuận., & Nguyẽ̂n An Lý. (2024). Elevator in Sà̀i Gòn . New Directions Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thuận, 1967- and Nguyẽ̂n An Lý. 2024. Elevator in Sà̀i Gòn. New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thuận, 1967- and Nguyẽ̂n An Lý. Elevator in Sà̀i Gòn New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2024.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Thuận. and Nguyẽ̂n An Lý. (2024). Elevator in Sà̀i Gòn. New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Thuận, and Nguyẽ̂n An Lý. Elevator in Sà̀i Gòn New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2024.
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