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Twilight Territory: A Novel Hardcover – January 23, 2024

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A sweeping first novel of love, war, and resistance in post–World War II Vietnam, by the award-winning author of Catfish and Mandala.

The peak of the hot season, 1942: The wars in Europe and Asia and the Japanese occupation have upset the uneasy balance of French Indochina. In the Vietnamese fishing village of Phan Thiet, Tuyet ekes out a living at a small storefront with her aunt Coi, her cousin Ha, and her two-year-old daughter, Anh. She can hardly remember her luxurious life in the city of Saigon, which she left just two years ago.

The day Tuyet meets Japanese major Yamazaki Takeshi is inauspicious and stifling, with no relief from the sand-stirring wind. But to her surprise, she feels not fear or wariness, but a strange kinship. Tuyet is guarded, knowing how the townspeople might whisper, yet is drawn to Takeshi’s warmth all the same. A wounded veteran with a good heart, Takeshi grows to resent the Empire for what it has taken―and the promises it has failed to keep. As the Viet Minh begin to battle the French and Takeshi risks his life for the Resistance, Tuyet and her family are drawn into the conflict, with devastating consequences.

A lushly panoramic novel, by turns gritty and profoundly moving, Twilight Territory is at once a war story and a love story that offers a fascinating perspective on Vietnam’s struggles to break free of its French colonial past. At its heart is one woman’s struggle for independence and her country’s liberation.

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"An epic love story that conquers wars, horror, ad human greed." Nguyen Phan Que MaI

"A sensual fever dream of a novel. Compulsively redable." Tatjana Soli

Twilight Territory Andrew X Pham

"Pham brings to life a lesser-known aspect of the tragic history of Vietnam." Publisher's Weekly

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"The tragic love story between a Vietnamese woman and a Japanese soldier.... Pham’s straightforward, unpretentious prose is used to devastating effect.... Searing."
― Violet Kupersmith, New York Times Book Review

"Set during the Japanese occupation of Indochina and its bloody aftermath, this novel of war is nimbly embroidered with a marriage story."
― The New Yorker

"A sensual fever dream of a novel. Compulsively readable. Much like Marguerite Duras, Pham illuminates parts of Vietnam’s lesser-known history through the complicated lives of its people."
― Tatjana Soli, author of The Lotus Eaters

"Deeply empathetic, heart-wrenching, and moving, Twilight Territory highlights the devastating impact of colonization on both the colonizers and the colonized. With his iconic poetic prose, Andrew X. Pham gifts us an epic love story that conquers wars, horror, and human greed to offer us hope and light."
― Nguyen Phan Que Mai, internationally best-selling author of The Mountains Sing and Dust Child

"[A] transportive novel of love and resistance.... Combining the sensuality of Marguerite Duras with the revolutionary politics of Andre Malraux, Pham describes the ordeals faced by Tuyet and Takeshi in the most viscerally harrowing of terms, creating two memorable characters whose relationship is equal parts romantic and sacrificial. With captivating force, Pham brings to life a lesser-known aspect of the tragic history of Vietnam."
― Publishers Weekly, starred review

About the Author

Andrew X. Pham is a journalist and author who has been a Guggenheim Fellow, winner of the Whiting Writers’ Award and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, and a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. He lives in Bangkok and California.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company (January 23, 2024)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1324064846
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1324064848
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.3 x 1.3 x 9.3 inches
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Andrew X. Pham trained and graduated from UCLA as an aerospace engineer. He worked at United Airlines as an aircraft engineer before switching career to become a writer while pursuing dual graduate degrees, M.B.A and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, specializing in orbital debris. His brother's suicide was the catalyst in his pivotal life changing decision.

He writes and lives on the Thai-Laos border in a traditional wooden farm bungalow he built on the Mekong River. He teaches writing and occassionally lead bicycle tours in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. He has launched a culinary project on Kickstarter.com, titled A Southeast Asian Love Affair: My Cookbook Diary of Travels, Flavors and Memories, a literary work that tells the stories of his life in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. He can be found at andrewxpham.com

He is the author of  Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam (1999)  and The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars (2009). He is also the translator of Last Night I Dreamed of Peace (2008).

Catfish and Mandala won the 1999 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize,  QPB Nonfiction Prize, and the  Oregon Literature Prize. It was also a Guardian Shortlist Finalist, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, a Barnes & Noble Discovery Book, a Border's Original Voices Selection

The Eaves of Heaven was a National Book Critic Circle Finalist and a Asian Pacific American Librarian Association Honorary Book of the Year. It was also the Honor Book of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association and named as One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by Washington Post Book World, One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by Portland Oregonian, One of the Los Angeles Times' Favorite Books of the Year, and One of the Best Books of the Year by Bookmarks Magazine

Andrew X. Pham also won a  Whiting Writer Award, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Montalvo Fellowship.

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SiliconValleyEngineer
5.0 out of 5 stars Well-Researched and deeply moving love story in Indochina (Vietnam)
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2024
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Andrew X. Pham's novel "Twilight Territory,” is a haunting and deeply moving love story that traces the love between a Vietnamese woman and a Japanese soldier through the tumultuous landscapes of Vietnam during the French Indochina War. It’s reminiscent of Indochine, the Academy Award movie, that told a similar story between a French soldier and a Vietnamese woman. Both of them successfully capture the essence of the time, love, identity, and political upheaval.

The heart of the novel lies in Pham's introspective exploration of identity, torn between his Vietnamese characters’ heritage and the allure of the outside world. As he grapples with displacement, loss, and the complexities of familial relationships, readers are taken on a journey that transcends borders, providing a universal understanding of the human experience in the face of adversity. One of the novel’s strengths is its portrayal of the impact of war on individuals and families. The multi-generational perspective adds richness to the storytelling, providing a nuanced understanding of the ripple effects of war across time.

"The Twilight Territory” is not just a novel but also a historical document that sheds light on lesser-known aspects of the wars in Vietnam. Pham's meticulous research and attention to detail contribute to the authenticity of the novel, making it a valuable resource for those interested in the region's history.
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Derm
4.0 out of 5 stars Well written
Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024
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An Musial story
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Johnny Duster
5.0 out of 5 stars A Novel As Powerful As His Awarded Memoirs
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2024
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Thank you Andrew Pham for this powerful, unique, insightful novel of an ignored time in Vietnam’s history of overthrowing the French and Japanese. A beautiful, anguished love story between a beautiful Viet and a Japanese commander who join the resistance against the brutal French. Andrew knows and loves his native country and no one tells its stories better. Gritty, painful, resplendent,karmic, redemptive and more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Eye opening, touching, and fast-moving story that you can't stop reading :)
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2024
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Really enjoyed it and learned a lot about that chaotic time period in Vietnam during which the French and Japanese controlled the country. The touching story of the individuals really brings home the impact of war/violence on a small scale that's difficult yet important to witness. This is a must read if you're interested in WWII Asia Pacific front, or Vietnam's history & def if you enjoyed Andrew's earlier books The Eaves of Heaven, and Catfish and Mandala.
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Robert B. Lamm
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting History
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2024
This is an interesting history of Vietnam before the Americans got involved. It begins in WWII, when a Vietnamese woman falls in love with a Japanese soldier, tired of the war and the militarists who have made it into a living hell, who is stationed in her remote town. The story continues through the end of the war, when there was pushback against the French recolonization of Vietnam, and the beginning of what became the civil war.

Unfortunately, the book is written in choppy, short sentences, and though Mr. Pham tries to impress us with the beauty of Vietnam, it doesn't work for me. There are also gaps in the story - we go from the end of the war to the pushback referred to above, but there is no explanation of how the former transitioned to the latter. I would have welcomed a slightly longer book if he had provided that transition.

The characters are nicely drawn, but there isn't much depth to them.

A worthwhile read but not as good as it could have been.
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mike w
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2024
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Adventure filled with a keen historical knowledge of the beautiful country of Vietnam. A made for the BIG screen kind of book!
All the best to Mr. Andrew X. Pham
Mike W.
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Christy H Fictionaltraits
4.0 out of 5 stars A well researched story which transports you
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2024
'It is natural; for the weak to fear the strong'.

As the years of WW2 continued to ravage Europe, in 1942 the theatre of the Pacific was just getting started. Vietnam had already contended with French colonialism and now the Japanese were making their presence felt. No one knew who to side with - or indeed if a side needed to be taken. Tuyet is happy enough with her rural subsistence running a shop with her aunt, cousin, and daughter, but her relative peace is upended when the local Japanese officer, Yamazaki Takeshi takes an interest in her. Just what will it take to survive?

'Twilight Territory' is a story of love: love between two people, love for your friends and family, and love for your country. As political stability continues to be vacuumed out of Vietnam, choices are constricted and hardship is magnified. Pham has put together a dense story that is well-researched. I enjoyed learning more about the tumultuous events that eventually led to the Vietnam War.

Chaos, corruption, and camaraderie are the three defining words to summate this novel.
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Mary E. Young
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating!!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2024
Following the end of WWII, this book sets up and outlines the tragic history of Vietnam during the Cold War. Tuyet, her Aunt Coi, cousin Ha and daughter Anh are eking out a living with a small storefront in the village of Phan Thiet. When Japanese Major Takeshi reaches out to Tuyet to get a feel for the village, she is instantly suspicious and worried about what her neighbors will say. She directs him elsewhere, but slowly begins to date and see the Major. As their relationship grows, relationships between the Japanese, French, and Vietnamese worsens and interrupts in violence.

This book was fascinating! I have never read anything about Vietnam during this period of time. I found it historically enlightening. The characters were well developed, I felt connected to them even through time and cultural differences. I would love to read more from this author. Overall, highly recommended.
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