Le chant des montagnes raconte une histoire enveloppante et multigénérationnelle de la famille Trần, dans le contexte de la guerre du Việt Nam. Trần Diệu Lan, née en 1920, a été forcée de fuir sa ferme familiale avec ses six enfants pendant la réforme agraire alors que le gouvernement communiste se levait dans le Nord. Des années plus tard, à Hà Nội, sa jeune petite-fille, Hương, devient majeure alors que ses parents et ses oncles se dirigent vers le sentier Hồ Chí Minh pour se battre dans un conflit qui a déchiré non seulement son pays bien-aimé, mais aussi sa famille.

The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà Nội, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that tore apart not just her beloved country, but also her family. Vivid, gripping, and steeped in the language and traditions of Việt Nam, The Mountains Sing brings to life the human costs of this conflict from the point of view of the Vietnamese people themselves, while showing us the true power of kindness and hope. The Mountains Sing is celebrated Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai’s first novel in English.