{"product_id":"parallels-vu-dinh-giang-bia-mềm","title":"Parallels - Vũ Đình Giang - Bìa Mềm","description":"\u003cp\u003eWidely considered as the best Vietnamese gay fiction, Parallels is Vũ Đình Giang’s debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eG.g, H, and Kan are young, and homosexual. They soon find themselves caught up in a ménage à trois that forces them to grapple with devastating consequences rooted in wounds from their private pasts. Embedded in violence, insanity, betrayals, homoeroticism and surrealism, Parallels is a riveting account of how carnal and emotional scars can determine how we love and hurt each other; an exquisite début that introduces readers to the astonishing gifts of Vũ Đình Giang’s imaginative power and distinctive style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA hidden gem in contemporary Vietnamese literature, Parallels draws likely comparisons to pages of Alan Hollinghurst, Édouard Louis, and Garth Greenwell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntense, complex and cinematic, this is the first gay novel from Vietnam to be available in the English language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Parallels is a Wong Kar-wai movie of a novel: stylish and cool, erotic and yet touched with violence. An iconic work of Vietnamese queer literature now set to be embraced by the world.’ –Anton Hur, Korean writer \u0026amp; translator, author of Toward Eternity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productStat__label\"\u003eISBN 13                   9781917233064\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Viet BookStore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54708714275089,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/3374\/7985\/files\/Parallels.jpg?v=1789938427","url":"https:\/\/vietbookstore.com\/products\/parallels-vu-dinh-giang-bia-m%e1%bb%81m","provider":"Viet BookStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}