Description
Set in the final months of President Ho Chi Minh’s life, this sweeping novel imagines his confinement at an isolated mountaintop compound—physically removed, yet haunted by the emotional and political pressures that surround him. Through interwoven stories of his wife’s brother-in-law, a village elder, and a trusted friend and political ally, the book traces how private desires and public ambitions collide in a rapidly changing Vietnam. With Duong Thu Huong’s signature lyric intensity and psychological precision, the narrative probes the thirst for absolute power—political and personal—and the devastating ripple effects it can have on family bonds, community life, and national conscience. Ultimately, it asks what it means to reconcile the human heart with the external world when jealousy, greed, and longing for control take hold.
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paperback
Penguin
Published Aug 16, 2012
732 pages
ISBN: 9781101583821
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Details
First Published
2012
Language
vie
Translation
From: vie
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Zenith by Duong Thu Huong.