Trái tim sư tử

Ngọc Thạch Nguyễn

"Heart of a Lion is a chronological narrative of Tam's transnational life events on the backdrop of economic and social transformation since the late 1980s. The book is unique as it portrays the Vietnamese society at the time very few writers have written about and the ways in which a young queer person from a working-class family, Tam, navigated and thrived. The story touches on many contemporary issues, including sexual orientation and gender identity, traditional gender roles and gender inequality, the intersection of individualism and collectivism in the Confucian society following the historic Doi Moi policy in Vietnam in 1986, transnational migration, upward mobility, and intersecting identities in the time of globalisation. Another feature of this book is that one of the 8 chapters is dedicated to the inception and development of the first gay Pride in Vietnam which Tam started in 2012 and has since been in the international human rights spotlight." - Tam Nguyen's LinkedIn page.