The Mountains Sing Free Audiobook Download by Nguyen Phan Que Mai


In the war-ravaged Highlands of Vietnam, which is being torn apart by a violent struggle for power, the elderly woman known simply as 'Suong' learns her village is about to be attacked. To escape, she plans an arduous escape across the mountains with the help of her young granddaughter and a spiritual guide. Their journey has been long and perilous until they reach the safety of the North. But it is there that they see their village in ruins and realize Suong's prediction was just a premonition - her village was destroyed in a mere day.

The Mountains Sing is a beautiful story of a love that transcends time, distance, nationality and culture. It starts in Vietnam as the narrator Quyen Ngo narrates to her daughter how she met and fell in love with Lau Manh Tran who walks from Vietnam to Canada on a journey of self-discovery, eventually getting married and living happily ever after. The di

When I heard the voice of this storyteller, it was like a warm blanket. The narrator's voice is very soothing and the sound of her words are comforting.

"The Mountains Sing" is the story of a Vietnamese woman who has never eaten meat and her struggle to adapt to her new life in America. The narrator narrates the experience with lyricism, capturing the beauty and agony of living between two cultures while struggling to find acceptance within either one.

This audiobook, written in Vietnamese, recounts the journey of two friends, who live on opposite ends of Vietnam. Both are determined to climb the highest mountain in Vietnam, but their paths cross when they each run into issues with authorities. In their quest to get to the top of this mountain, they learn more about themselves and can only hope that their journey will be successful.

In the Vietnamese language, a poem is called a thuong, and this story tells of a time when all the mountains sing, waking up their friends in the city below. It begins with a farmer who plants corn and then looks up at the mountaintops and sees something different in them.

Published Date 2020-03-17
Duration 10 hours 45 minutes
Author Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Narrated Quyen Ngo
Reviews
(23 Reviews)
Abridged No
Is It Free? 30-days Free
Category Fiction & Literature
Parent Category Coming of Age, Historical Fiction

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