Author Truong Le is known to Vietnamese readers as a famous horror story author from 2020 to present. Recently, he attracted attention when he released his third book titled "Karma".
His works are not only for entertainment purposes but are also commented as "full of Vietnamese culture", or "like reliving your childhood years listening to your grandparents tell stories".
Author Truong Le said that he was just an amateur and was fortunate to be able to embark on the path of writing stories and be loved by readers. His writing style, therefore, is also arbitrary, writing whatever he thinks.
Perhaps it is the naturalness and simplicity that has become one of the factors that attract readers and also creates a very unique, very unconventional style - something that Truong Le only humbly admits is "Living truly is not cramped with anything." heart".
Besides the simple writing style, author Truong Le's horror stories are also loved because of the relatively frequent appearance of images of Vietnamese villages. For an author born in 1990, it can be considered a transition class between two generations when Truong Le's childhood was associated with "scare" stories that his grandparents told about fields, ponds, canals... ; desolate cemeteries, deserted fields.
Bringing the rural and village setting of Vietnam into his horror novels can even be considered one of his writing strengths. Besides, the author also has works in the spiritual and horror genres with a modern twist, but in my opinion, writing ghost stories using a village setting will bring a more mysterious and creepy feeling. .
Inspired by the oral stories passed down by our grandparents through generations, Truong Le also wants to preserve and develop a unique folk culture in the spiritual beliefs of Vietnamese people. However, during the composition process, he also had to arrange it carefully and thoroughly so that it was natural without causing offence.
In the upcoming novel, author Truong Le plans to use the modern urban setting as the main idea of the plot.
