'Nuoc son van dam': A massive novel about the life and career of Uncle Ho - Lang Son Newspaper and Radio and Television Station

Associate Professor, Doctor, writer Nguyen The Ky shares about the work. (Photo: Hoang Hoang/Vietnam+)

On May 17, at the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site at the Presidential Palace, the Central Theoretical Council, Literature Publishing House and Lien Viet Media and Culture Joint Stock Company launched the novel series "Thousands of miles of water and mountains" 5 volumes by writer Nguyen The Ky.

General Secretary To Lam andPresident Luong Cuong sent congratulatory flower baskets.

After many years of preparation, persistently accumulating documents, historical materials and conducting research trips at home and abroad; conducting operations of integrating, analyzing, comparing and contrasting existing documents, in 2022, Associate Professor - Doctor - writer Nguyen The Ky structured the outline and started writing the novel in parallel. "Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers" and the stage play of the same name.

Novel series "Thousands of miles of water and mountains" Includes 5 volumes released to readers in 4 years: "Debt to the country" year 2022; "Drifting the four seas" year 2023; “From Viet Bac to Hanoi ” early 2024, “The Road to Dien Bien” end of 2024 and “Vietnam-Ho Chi Minh” year 2025

The novel series “Nuon son van dam” consists of 5 volumes. (Photo: Publishing House)

In which, episode 1 "Debt to the country" was made into a play of the same name, premiered to a wide audience in many provinces, cities, agencies and units across the country.

Writer Nguyen The Ky shared that this is a novel that he cherished, prepared and carried out for 20 years, with meticulous and serious research on history, politics, culture...; with experience, accumulated life experience for many years in his hometown Nghe An and many lands in and outside the country and above all, his boundless love for President Ho Chi Minh.

Accompanying writer Nguyen The Ky during the process of creating the work, poet Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association, commented that this is a great novel about President Ho Chi Minh. The novel has succeeded in building a portrait of a person who created a path and a history of the nation.

Using the fictional prose genre, the author has built in "Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers" The character images, historical-social context surrounding the main characters Nguyen Sinh Cung-Nguyen Tat Thanh-Nguyen Ai Quoc-Ho Chi Minh are realistic, vivid, simple, have humanistic depth and attract readers. Thereby reflecting the broad social picture of Vietnam and the world.

The book launch was attended by many research experts and artists. (Photo: Hoang Hoang/Vietnam+)

5 novels bring readers to live with the main character Nguyen Sinh Cung in his homeland Vietnam in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; with Nguyen Tat Thanh - Nguyen Van Ba "Drifting the four seas" find a way to save the country; follow Him back to the Fatherland, “From Viet Bac to Hanoi” made the August Revolution in 1945; then “The Road to Dien Bien” He went through 9 years of resistance against French colonialism, made the resounding victory of Dien Bien Phu and then the resistance against America, unifying the country. His ideology, morality, and style will forever be with the country. The name “Vietnam-Ho Chi Minh” forever bright, forever resounding with the country and the world.

Dr. Bui The Duc, Deputy Head of the Subcommittee on Theory and Criticism of Literature and Art (Central Council of Theory) evaluates the historical novel series "Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers" The publication of the complete set of novels by writer Nguyen The Ky is a special event to present to Uncle Ho on the occasion of the 135th anniversary of his birth. This is a novel series of high ideological and artistic value in the flow of the country's literature and art.

According to Dr. Bui The Duc, unlike other writers who often only choose "slices" of history to portray the image of Ho Chi Minh at certain times, author Nguyen The Ky has recreated the entire life and revolutionary career of Uncle Ho through literary language.

The novel also contributes to protecting the ideological foundation of our Party at the time of preparing for the 14th Party Congress - the country enters an era of national development towards wealth, civilization and prosperity./.

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