Acclaimed author Nguyen Nhat Anh's novel Cho ToiXin Mot Ve Di Tuoi Tho (Give Me a Ticket to Childhood) will be releasedin the US on December 9.
This has been announced by Amazon.com,which hails the book as "the bestselling book in the history of modernVietnam". The availability of the book in English also marks "thearrival in English of a hugely appealing and engaging author," says thewebsite.
Translated by Will Naythons, the novel combines wonderful and vivid childhood memories with the reality of adult life.
TheHo Chi Minh City-based Anh writes insightful stories for teenagers andadults and has penned 24 short stories, two novel series and some poetrycollections.
According to Tre Publishing House, Give Me a Ticketto Childhood has been printed 41 times, a phenomenon in the Vietnamesepublishing industry. More than 350,000 copies of the book have been soldsince it first hit bookshelves in 2008.
Early this year, Give Mea Ticket to Childhood and another novel by Anh, Kinh Van Hoa(Kaleidoscope), were cited among Japan's top 105 best-sellers byJapanese Ten-Books Publisher.
A recipient of the ASEAN LiteratureAward 2010, Give Me a Ticket to Childhood has also been translated andprinted in Thailand and the Republic of Korea./.
This has been announced by Amazon.com,which hails the book as "the bestselling book in the history of modernVietnam". The availability of the book in English also marks "thearrival in English of a hugely appealing and engaging author," says thewebsite.
Translated by Will Naythons, the novel combines wonderful and vivid childhood memories with the reality of adult life.
TheHo Chi Minh City-based Anh writes insightful stories for teenagers andadults and has penned 24 short stories, two novel series and some poetrycollections.
According to Tre Publishing House, Give Me a Ticketto Childhood has been printed 41 times, a phenomenon in the Vietnamesepublishing industry. More than 350,000 copies of the book have been soldsince it first hit bookshelves in 2008.
Early this year, Give Mea Ticket to Childhood and another novel by Anh, Kinh Van Hoa(Kaleidoscope), were cited among Japan's top 105 best-sellers byJapanese Ten-Books Publisher.
A recipient of the ASEAN LiteratureAward 2010, Give Me a Ticket to Childhood has also been translated andprinted in Thailand and the Republic of Korea./.
