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The Beauty of Humanity Movement (Record no. 9969)

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010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2010026891
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781594202803
024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 635459428
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PR9199.4.G53
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 813.6
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Camilla Gibb
245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Beauty of Humanity Movement
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Press HC, The
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 320 pages
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This deeply observed novel of contemporary Vietnam interweaves stories of a venerable soup seller, a young Vietnamese American curator, and an enterprising tour guide in ways that will mark all of their lives forever. Maggie, an art curator who is Vietnamese by birth but who has lived most of her life in the United States, has returned to her country of origin in search of clues to her dissident father's disappearance. She remembers him only in fragments, as an injured artist from whom she and her mother were separated during the war. In her journey, Maggie finds herself at a makeshift pho stall, where the rich aroma of beef noodle soup lures people off Hanoi's busy streets and into a quiet morning ritual. Old Man Hung, the enlightened proprietor of the beloved pho stall, has survived decades of poverty and political upheaval. Hung once had a shop that served as a meeting place for dissident artists. As Maggie discovers, this old man may hold the key to both her past and her future. Among Hung's most faithful customers is Tu', a dynamic young tour guide who works for a company called New Dawn. Tu' leads tourists through the city, including American vets on war tours, but he has begun to wonder what it is they are seeing of Vietnam-and what they miss entirely. In Maggie, he finds a young Americanized woman in search of something quite different, leading him beyond his realm of expertise. In sensual, interwoven narratives, Maggie, Hung, and Tu' come together in a highly charged season that will mark all of them forever. The Beauty of Humanity Movement is a skillfully wrought novel about the reverberation of conflict through generations, the enduring legacy of art, and the redemption and renewal of love. The story of these characters is tinged with longing for worlds and loved ones lost but also filled with the hope that faith can heal the pain of their shared country's turbulent past. This is the distinct and complex story of contemporary Vietnam, a country undergoing momentous change, and a story of how family is defined-not always by bloodlines, but by heart.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element War
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Historical Fiction
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        Lake Chapala Society Lake Chapala Society 11/10/2017   HC GIBB 64590 07/17/2024 1 07/17/2024 Book

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