When Wes told me The Road, the movie, didn't have a wide release, I was surprised. Based on a best-selling novel and a Pulitzer Prize winner, the movie wasn't open in most of the theatres. After giving it some thoughts, I came to see why. Its gloominess doesn't fit the mood of our time. It's not a movie that people would want to watch to lose themselves in the fictional world for a couple of hours. Although it deals with courage and love, the image of what our world would come to is too bleak, and too horrific.
However, The Road, the book was a best seller. http://modern-american-fiction.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_road_review_of_the_book When the book came out in 2006, the unemployment rate wasn't above 10%. Timing is everything.
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A lotus is a sacred flower. Buddha and Kuan Yin sit or stand on a lotus.
Why did I choose this title? Because I've lived in three worlds--wartime South Vietnam, the Communist rule, and the U.S. Because by birth I'm a Vietnamese, by upbringing, I'm a Chinese, by naturalization, I'm an American--I belong to three countries: Vietnam, China, and America. My writing reflects my background and my experiences journeying through three worlds. Here you'll find snippets of my life as a writer, playwright, and interpreter, and ideas I share with you as a writer.
Lotus
A lotus is a sacred flower. Buddha and Kuan Yin sit or stand on a lotus.
About Me
- Three Countries, One Life
- I am a writer, playwright, and haiku, tanka, haibun writer with a unique background. I'm a Vietnamese by birth, a Chinese by upbringing, and an American by naturalization. My haiku, my tanka, my haibun, memoir essays, my plays, my poems, and my fantasy novel reflect my background and my journey through three worlds --wartime South Vietnam, the Communist rule, and America. Because of my unique background,I belong to three countries--Vietnam, China, and America and know three languages. But I write in my adopted language--English.
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