Books by Kien Nguyen

- The novel was inspired by the life of the author's grandfather, a tapestry weaver in the last imperial court of Vietnam.- A selection of Minnesota's Talking Volumes book club.- A brilliantly textured historical romance that is sure to be a favorite with reading groups throughout the country.- Hardcover ISBN: 0-316-28441-6

Voyaging to 1774 Annam, the exotic south China region that came to be known as Vietnam, three missionaries find their dreams of colonial glory dissolving in their discoveries of the area's sophisticated culture, violent instability, and predisposition to natural disaster.