Da Nang (VNA) - The Song Magazine plans to publish a work bynovelist Nguyen Mot in the US.

The author said the 340-page novel, Dat Troi Van Vu (The Heaven andthe Earth in Tumult), which has been translated into English, will be hissecond novel to be published in the US. His first, Nguoc Mat Troi (JourneyAgainst the Sun), was translated into English and published in the US by theSong Magazine in 2015.

He said the novel, which was published in Vietnam in 2009, won Prize C at anovel competition held by the Vietnam Writers Association for work published from2006 to 2010.

The novel depicts a long journey towards the south. It also expresses theobsession of death, love and animosity, and fierce images of wars.

The author was born in 1964 in Duy Xuyen district in the central Quang Nam province.His parents died during the American War.

He left his native land for the southern province of Dong Nai after thecountry’s reunification in 1975. He worked as a teacher at a primary schoolfrom 1983 to 1997, and a journalist for Tien Phong (Vanguard)newspaper in 1998-2007.

He has been working for Truong Hai automobile company since then. He joined theVietnam Writers Association in 2006 and has written over 10 novels.

The latest novel is in final completion to be published in the US soon.

Writer Tran Thu Hang wrote in the book’s foreword: “The death of characters inthe novel resurrects the past so vividly that readers can feel an obsession oflife and love.”

Writer Nguyen Duc Thien commented: “His novel recalls the tumult of Dong Nai provincein the past through different characters’ fates and personalities. The novelalso features complicated societal issues.”

Journalist Tran Dinh Thu added: “The novel is not for weak-nerved readers asthey could not read the horrible tragedies of different characters related towars, love and hate.”-VNA