A Graphic Novel Depicting the Wartime Memories of French-Vietnamese Women
The Kim Dong Publishing House, in collaboration with the French Institute in Vietnam, organized an event on March 12 in Hanoi to introduce a graphic novel called “Song” by Vietnamese-French author Tran Hai Anh and French illustrator Pauline Guitton, as reported by VNS. In “Song”, a mother shares the story of her teenage years when she had to hide during the Vietnam War against the US. From 1969 to 1975, the mother, now a director, spent seven years in the forests with Vietnamese revolutionary soldiers, accompanied by her father, a scriptwriter. Her father introduced her to the national resistance and the world of film. This story of a Vietnamese woman during a lesser-known part of history becomes a portrait of the complex relationship that Hai Anh has with her mother and her roots. The cover of the graphic novel ‘Song’. Photo courtesy of Ankama Publishing “Song is a word that came to my mind when my mother told me about her adventures during her teenage years,” said Hai...
