The novel "25 degrees below zero" by author Thao Trang has just been released by the Vietnamese Women's Publishing House. The book reconstructs the context, journey, and fate of Vietnamese people who crossed the border with the desire to change their lives. However, they also received harsh trade-offs.
Following the character Lam, the girl's journey of life and death on her way across the border from Russia to France and finally England will be recreated in an extremely realistic and cruel way.
Accompanying Lam are Duc Hanoi, Ms. Loan, Mr. Sang, Phuong and Duy Anh. On each border crossing route, they will get to know and meet their own people and even people with different skin colors and ethnicities.
Each person leaves for different reasons and circumstances. For Lam, entering this path is a continuation of life's tragic series.
However, there are many people who choose to leave because of the desire to change their lives, which is so great and intense that they are ready to rush away like moths.
Author Thao Trang was a student majoring in Sociology. Her scientific research topic is to exploit the social perspective of people who cross the border.
More than 4 years of searching for information, 200 interviews, 23kg of documents, efforts and hard research have become the material for writing the novel "25 Degrees Negative".
After "Tet in Hell Village", readers once again realized the creepy and cinematic writing style in the novel "25 degrees below zero". The author skillfully weaves together knots and openings and a series of fictional details that arouse curiosity.
Following each border crossing, readers will feel like they are really participating in a survival game, where death can strike at any time, suddenly, cruelly and painfully.
