Huynh Tan Hung


Jasmine in gunsmoke

a short story about Rajesh Patel in Saigon 1974

Hung, Huynh Tan | JASMINE IN GUNSMOKE : a short story about Rajesh Patel in Saigon 1974


BoklivArtikelnr: 9789180970617

En kort berättelse om ensamhet, längtan och lojalitet i Saigon 1974, inspirerad av författarens egna livserfarenheter.

  • En gripande novell om ensamhet och längtan.

  • Berättelsen utspelar sig i Saigon 1974.

  • Häftat band, utgiven 2025, på svenska.

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Bindning: Häftat band

Bokförlag: BoD
ISBN: 9789180970617

Omfång: 36 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2025-04-29

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short story about Rajesh Patel in Saigon 1974, a tale of loneliness, desire, and loyalty in a city
on the brink of change.
Written by Huynh Tan Hung, April 2025. 50 years after the war's end.

It is a personal and honest story, born from my own life experience. I was adopted from Vietnam during the war in 1975, in connection with Operation Babylift, an American rescue mission during which over 3,000 children were flown out of the country. I was on the first plane that arrived in San Francisco on April 5, 1975, received by President Gerald Ford. I was named Bjorn (after Björn Borg the Swedish tennisplayer) as the only thing known at the time was that I was headed to Sweden.
I grew up there without placing much focus on my origins. But after my divorce in my 40s, a need to understand my past was awakened. I took a DNA test and traveled back to Vietnam. The test revealed that I am half Vietnamese and half Indian. Through DNA matches, I have connected with relatives of my biological mother who now live in the USA, second cousins and cousins but no direct information about my biological parents.
My short story is a way to reach out to them, to write myself back into something I never truly got to be a part of. To find threads to my origins, to process and create meaning. It is a form of therapy, but also a story I believe can touch more people than just myself.
Thank you for taking the time to read it. I look forward to hearing your thoughts and hope that my story can find its way to a wider audience.
Warm regards,

Huynh Tan Hung


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Vanliga frågor om Jasmine in gunsmoke av Huynh Tan Hung

Boken handlar om Rajesh Patel och utspelar sig i Saigon 1974, med teman av identitet, tillhörighet, ensamhet och lojalitet.

Boken riktar sig till läsare som är intresserade av berättelser om identitet och tillhörighet, särskilt i samband med historiska händelser som Vietnamkriget.

Boken är ett häftat band med 36 sidor, skriven på engelska och publicerad av BoD, med utgivningsdatum den 29 april 2025.

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