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A superb new graphic memoir in which an inspired artist/storyteller reveals the road that brought his family to where they are today: Vietnamerica
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GB Tran is a young Vietnamese American artist who grew up distant from (and largely indifferent to) his familyโs history. Born and raised in South Carolina as a son of immigrants, he knew that his parents had fled Vietnam during the fall of Saigon. But even as they struggled to adapt to life in America, they preferred to forget the pastโand to focus on their childrenโs future. It was only in his late twenties that GB began to learn their extraordinary story. When his last surviving grandparents die within months of each other, GB visits Vietnam for the first time and begins to learn the tragic history of his family, and of the homeland they left behind.
In this family saga played out in the shadow of history, GB uncovers the root of his fatherโs remoteness and why his mother had remained in an often fractious marriage; why his grandfather had abandoned his own family to fight for the Viet Cong; why his grandmother had had an affair with a French soldier. GB learns that his parents had taken harrowing flight from Saigon during the final hours of the war not because they thought America was better but because they were afraid of what would happen if they stayed. They entered Americaโa foreign land they couldnโt even imagineโwhere family connections dissolved and shared history was lost within a span of a single generation.
In telling his familyโs story, GB finds his own place in this saga of hardship and heroism. Vietnamerica is a visually stunning portrait of survival, escape, and reinventionโand of the gift of the American immigrantsโ dream, passed on to their children. Vietnamerica is an unforgettable story of family revelation and reconnectionโand a new graphic-memoir classic.
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GB Tran is a young Vietnamese American artist who grew up distant from (and largely indifferent to) his familyโs history. Born and raised in South Carolina as a son of immigrants, he knew that his parents had fled Vietnam during the fall of Saigon. But even as they struggled to adapt to life in America, they preferred to forget the pastโand to focus on their childrenโs future. It was only in his late twenties that GB began to learn their extraordinary story. When his last surviving grandparents die within months of each other, GB visits Vietnam for the first time and begins to learn the tragic history of his family, and of the homeland they left behind.
In this family saga played out in the shadow of history, GB uncovers the root of his fatherโs remoteness and why his mother had remained in an often fractious marriage; why his grandfather had abandoned his own family to fight for the Viet Cong; why his grandmother had had an affair with a French soldier. GB learns that his parents had taken harrowing flight from Saigon during the final hours of the war not because they thought America was better but because they were afraid of what would happen if they stayed. They entered Americaโa foreign land they couldnโt even imagineโwhere family connections dissolved and shared history was lost within a span of a single generation.
In telling his familyโs story, GB finds his own place in this saga of hardship and heroism. Vietnamerica is a visually stunning portrait of survival, escape, and reinventionโand of the gift of the American immigrantsโ dream, passed on to their children. Vietnamerica is an unforgettable story of family revelation and reconnectionโand a new graphic-memoir classic.
A superb new graphic memoir in which an inspired artist/storyteller reveals the road that brought his family to where they are today: Vietnamerica
GB Tran is a young Vietnamese American artist who grew up distant from (and largely indifferent to) his familyโs history. Born and raised in South C...
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April 10, 2018
Wonderful, poignant, and educational.
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About the author
Gia-Bao (aka GB) Tran was born in South Carolina in 1976, a year after his parents fled Vietnam. He aspires to continue living the good life as a Brooklyn cartoonist/illustrator thanks, in large part, to the endless patience of his wife. His parents constantly remind him that if this โart thingyโ doesnโt work out, he can, as the only family member born in the United States, be president instead.
Gia-Bao (aka GB) Tran was born in South Carolina in 1976, a year after his parents fled Vietnam. He aspires to continue living the good life as a Brooklyn cartoonist/illustrator thanks, in large part, to the endless patience of his wife. His parents constantly remind him that if this โart thingyโ...
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