{"product_id":"timber-and-lua-stories-library-binding","title":"Timber and Lua: Stories - Library Binding","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLily Hoàng\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVI Khi Nào\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARD-WINNING CO-AUTHORS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePEN OPEN BOOKS AWARD WINNER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePEN USA NONFICTION BOOK AWARD FINALIST\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTen short stories written by Lily Hoàagrave;ng and Vi Khi Nào explore a range of styles from love stories to speculative fiction and fairy tales.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this inventive collaboration, Hoàng and Nào blend Vietnamese, English, and Vietlish, creating a fresh, dynamic voice that captures the complexity of the Vietnamese-American experience. Their stories dive into themes of generational trauma, identity, and cultural clash, offering everything from love stories pieced together from memory, to folklore and fantasy, to post-apocalyptic worlds where Vietnamese-American identities are reimagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTimber and Lụa\u003c\/em\u003e is playful, moving, and full of surprises. The authors experiment with language and translation, showing how meaning can shift and change between cultures. Released on the fiftieth anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, this collection is both a celebration of diasporic voices and a tribute to the power of storytelling across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLily Hoàng\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of nine books, including \u003cem\u003eUnderneath \u003c\/em\u003e(winner of the Red Hen Press Fiction Award), \u003cem\u003eA Bestiary \u003c\/em\u003e(PEN\/USA Nonfiction Award finalist), and \u003cem\u003eChanging\u003c\/em\u003e (recipient of a PEN\/Open Books Award). She is a professor of literature at UC San Diego, where she teaches in their MFA in Literary Arts. She lives in San Diego, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVi Khi Nào\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of many books and is known for her work spanning poetry, fiction, theatre, film, and interdisciplinary collaborations, most recently \u003cem\u003eThe Italy Letters \u003c\/em\u003e(Melville House) and \u003cem\u003eThe Six Tones of Water\u003c\/em\u003e, coauthored with Sun Yung Shin (Ricochet). Recognized as a former Black Mountain Institute fellow, Vi Khi Nào received the Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize in 2022. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa. https: \/\/www.vikhinao.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47334337872121,"sku":"9781636284330","price":42.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Us0ZNTY_Dd9781636284330.webp?v=1769648818","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/timber-and-lua-stories-library-binding","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}