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3493871The Tapestrieshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-tapestries-9780316055543/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7101342/699ce5f6-2d37-4805-b800-324e4cf0065a.jpg?v=638817364898170000206251MXNLittle, Brown and CompanyInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A boy takes a harrowing journey to manhood in early 1900s Vietnam in this daringly complex and vividly imagined debut novel based on a true story (<em>Publishers Weekly</em>, starred review).</strong></p><p>Dan Nguyen is seven years old when he witnesses his father brutally beheaded by the mayor of his town in a bid for power. Already married to a woman twenty years his senior, Dans wife Ven makes him promise to one day avenge his fathers death. In order to protect him until he is old enough to defend his familys honor, Ven hides Dan as a slave in his enemys house.</p><p>As years pass, Dan falls in love with the one person he can never have, the mayors beautiful granddaughter Tai May. Dans journey from slavery into scandal, and finally to the royal court where he has the chance to win Tai Mays heart, is a story of spellbinding drama, intrigue, and love. Following his critically acclaimed memoir, <em>The Unwanted</em>, Kien Nguyen shares this epic tale based loosely on the life of his grandfather, a professional embroiderer in the court of Vietnams last king.</p>...3429498The Tapestries206251https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-tapestries-9780316055543/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7101342/699ce5f6-2d37-4805-b800-324e4cf0065a.jpg?v=638817364898170000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20089780316055543_W3siaWQiOiJmMDc1YjI0Mi04YWU2LTQ3ZGQtYWFkYi1kMGMxNTk3YzgyZDciLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIyOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQxLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjItMDctMTFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780316055543_<p><strong>A boy takes a harrowing journey to manhood in early 1900s Vietnam in this daringly complex and vividly imagined debut novel based on a true story (<em>Publishers Weekly</em>, starred review).</strong></p><p>Dan Nguyen is seven years old when he witnesses his father brutally beheaded by the mayor of his town in a bid for power. Already married to a woman twenty years his senior, Dans wife Ven makes him promise to one day avenge his fathers death. In order to protect him until he is old enough to defend his familys honor, Ven hides Dan as a slave in his enemys house.</p><p>As years pass, Dan falls in love with the one person he can never have, the mayors beautiful granddaughter Tai May. Dans journey from slavery into scandal, and finally to the royal court where he has the chance to win Tai Mays heart, is a story of spellbinding drama, intrigue, and love. Following his critically acclaimed memoir, <em>The Unwanted</em>, Kien Nguyen shares this epic tale based loosely on the life of his grandfather, a professional embroiderer in the court of Vietnams last king.</p>9780316055543_Hachette Book Grouplibro_electonico_91f989bb-8665-35a6-8482-a03e7f028ee4_9780316055543;9780316055543_9780316055543Kien NguyenInglésMéxicoLittle, Brown and Companyhttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-54d86f32-3950-490f-b36b-9269b3be112b.epub2008-12-02T00:00:00+00:00