{"product_id":"build-your-house-around-my-body-paperback","title":"Build Your House Around My Body - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eViolet Kupersmith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart puzzle, part revenge tale, part ghost story, this ingenious novel spins half a century of Vietnamese history and folklore into \"a thrilling read, acrobatic and filled with verve\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE - LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping, Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fiction as daring and accomplished as Violet Kupersmith's first novel reignites my love of the form and its kaleidoscopic possibilities.\"--David Mitchell, author of \u003ci\u003eCloud Atlas\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo young women go missing decades apart. Both are fearless, both are lost. And both will have their revenge.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1986\u003c\/b\u003e The teenage daughter of a wealthy Vietnamese family loses her way in an abandoned rubber plantation while fleeing her angry father and is forever changed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2011\u003c\/b\u003e A young, unhappy Vietnamese American woman disappears from her new home in Saigon without a trace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fates of these two women are inescapably linked, bound together by past generations, by ghosts and ancestors, by the history of possessed bodies and possessed lands. Alongside them, we meet a young boy who is sent to a boarding school for the \u003ci\u003emétis \u003c\/i\u003echildren of French expatriates, just before Vietnam declares its independence from colonial rule; two Frenchmen who are trying to start a business with the Vietnam War on the horizon; and the employees of the Saigon Spirit Eradication Co., who find themselves investigating strange occurrences in a farmhouse on the edge of a forest. Each new character and timeline brings us one step closer to understanding what binds them all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuild Your House Around My Body\u003c\/i\u003e takes us from colonial mansions to ramshackle zoos, from sweaty nightclubs to the jostling seats of motorbikes, from ex-pat flats to sizzling back-alley street carts. Spanning more than fifty years of Vietnamese history and barreling toward an unforgettable conclusion, this is a time-traveling, heart-pounding, border-crossing fever dream of a novel that will haunt you long after the last page.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eViolet Kupersmith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Frangipani Hotel.\u003c\/i\u003e She previously taught English with the Fulbright program in the Mekong Delta and was a creative writing fellow at the University of East Anglia. She has lived in Da Lat and Saigon in Vietnam, and currently resides in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44324053319782,"sku":"9780812983487","price":26.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/UFVXT2ZpdjhFUHlQZTZwblVob1VCQT09.webp?v=1768171859","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/build-your-house-around-my-body-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}