by Thu Huong Duong · Sabine Wespieser Editeur · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782848050683
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«Au zénith» is the historical novel by Duong Thu Huong, published by Sabine Wespieser Editeur in paperback (800 pages, in French).
A historical novel about Ho Chi Minh, founder of modern Vietnam. In 1953 the «president», in his sixties, falls in love with a young woman and starts a family, but his collaborators force him to sacrifice his private life. Through four narrative voices, it shows how the new regime betrays revolutionary ideals.
The novel was translated from Vietnamese by Phuong Dang Tran; the first French edition was published on January 8, 2009.
For readers of historical fiction and political fiction, particularly those interested in the history of Vietnam.
Dương Thu Hương is a Vietnammese author and political dissident.
