The Apricot Tree in Front of the House: A Book by a Sophisticated Playboy

Author Minh Tu interacts with readers at the reprint book launch - Photo: MINH AN

In this book of Minh Tu, there is the mark of a time living outside Hue and the perspective - thinking of journalism, it is different from the authors who write about Hue - their own homeland - with the lovely extreme spirit of "nowhere else can be found" or "it can never be changed".

Writer Vinh Quyen

More special in this reprint, there is an additional English version Ochna in the front yard: Fascinating stories about Hue - an ancient, poetic and glamorous land.

The launch of the bilingual book "In front of the house there is a yellow apricot tree: Notes on Hue - the land of majestic moss" organized by Vietnam Women's Publishing House and author Minh Tu in Hue on the morning of June 2 attracted many Hue culture lovers to attend and talk with the author.

The book is a collection of notes about Hue by author Minh Tu, which was warmly received by readers as soon as it was published in 2016.

In this reprint, readers will be inspired by the new book with the author's meticulous updates and edits.

Along with the 36 articles in the Vietnamese version, there is also an English translation by Khuu Ngo - as a souvenir that author Minh Tu and Vietnam Women Publishing House want to give to international visitors.

This heartfelt notebook brings readers a lot of vivid information about Hue, with the special lifestyle of the people in that land, through different perspectives.

Talking about his book, Minh Tu sincerely shared: "The years I was a Hue person living outside of Hue, and thanks to that, I understood more clearly and objectively the unique identity of this land...".

Writer Vinh Quyen commented that In front of the house there is a yellow apricot tree: Notes on Hue - the land of elegant moss is a collection of unrestrained notes by a sophisticated playboy and above all, a person who is passionately in love with his living space - the elegant mossy city of Hue.

The author advises readers not to read it as a book of rules, but to leisurely chat with it to ease homesickness, or to have a companion to guide them on their first visit to the palace.

Or even when living in that space, reading it will make the Eternal Perfume River suddenly greener, the apricot blossoms fluttering gently in the early spring wind more sacred...

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/truoc-nha-co-cay-hoang-mai-sach-cua-mot-nguoi-ham-choi-tinh-te-2024060309370894.htm