Parallels

Written by Vũ Đình Giang - Translated by Khải Q. Nguyễn - Illustrated by Nguyễn Thanh Vũ 

Parallels is Vũ Đình Giang’s debut novel.

G.g, H, and Kan are young, and homosexual. They soon find themselves caught up in a ménage à trois that forces them to grapple with devastating consequences rooted in wounds from their private pasts. Embedded in violence, insanity, betrayals, homoeroticism and surrealism, Parallels is a riveting account of how carnal and emotional scars can determine how we love and hurt each other; an exquisite début that introduces readers to the astonishing gifts of Vũ Đình Giang’s imaginative power and distinctive style.

‘Parallels is a Wong Kar-wai movie of a novel: stylish and cool, erotic and yet touched with violence. An iconic work of Vietnamese queer literature now set to be embraced by the world.’ –Anton Hur, Korean writer & translator, author of Toward Eternity