France
From Viet Nam to Japan via France: Tran Anh Hung’s Latest Film
While the acclaimed adaptation of Murakami’s novel has yet to be released in the United States, diaCRITIC correspondent in France Ly Lan Dill gives us a sneak peak at Trần Anh Hùng’s Norwegian Wood and some insight into Trần’s evolution as a filmmaker and his cinematic sensibilities. [before we begin: have you heard about our subscriber drive? win an iPod and other prizes!] …(read more)
Petits Viet Nams: CAFI, A Look at a Little Viet Nam in France
While there are many Vietnamese in France at the present, the past of how some of those Vietnamese – especially …(read more)
DVAN’s Holiday Fundraiser—Reckoning with a Tour de Force
A managing editor of diaCRITICS remembers, in writing and in photographs, the holiday fundraising party celebrating the release of Isabelle …(read more)
Kim Thuy’s Ru Wins Major Canadian Literary Prize
While many of us in the U.S. were loading ourselves on food and familial matters, Lý Kim Thúy, whose first …(read more)
Like the fading of a dream: Thuận’s ‘Chinatown’
Chinatown is Thuận’s second novel; her first to be translated into French, and published by a major French publisher, Le Seuil, …(read more)
Trần Anh Hùng’s ‘Norwegian Wood’: A Preview
Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood concerns a young university student’s encounters with love, death, and loss in 1960s Japan, as he …(read more)
Teleconference: The Tale of Kieu in English
an introduction to the poem for English-language readers and as an in-depth discussion of Nguyen Du’s prosody for Vietnamese literature specialists …(read more)
An afternoon with Tran Trong Vu
Visit to Tran Trong Vu’s house in Antony, France, June 27, 2010. A photo essay The painter Tran Trong Vu …(read more)
The Scent of Green Papaya
As I sat through Tran Anh Hung’s 1993 film “The Scent of Green Papaya.” I was brought into a world …(read more)
Memorial Day
On Memorial Day in small-town New England we clean the graves and decorate those of the old soldiers with the …(read more)
