There is a different Hue in "In front of the house there is a yellow apricot tree"

After Hue , on the afternoon of August 16, at Ho Chi Minh City Book Street, Vietnam Women's Publishing House continued to organize an exchange program with readers on the occasion of the reprinting of the publication " In front of the house there is a yellow apricot tree" by journalist Minh Tu.

Launched in 2016 by Tre Publishing House, the publication Ochna in the front yard received the attention of many readers. After 8 years, many readers searched for the book but it was no longer on the market. From a chance meeting between Ms. Khuc Thi Hoa Phuong, Director of Vietnam Women's Publishing House, and author Minh Tu in Hue, the publication Ochna in the front yard was reprinted. Notably, this reprint also includes an English version Ochna in the front yard translated by Khuu Ngo, as a way to spread the cultural values ​​of Hue to international readers.

Author Minh Tu (standing) with guests at the program: Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Thanh Truyen, translator Khuu Ngo (from left to right)

In this comeback, In front of the house there is a yellow mai tree , the author has carefully selected, edited, and added new articles and many pictures. Therefore, although there have been many works written about Hue from different authors, the Hue of In front of the house there is a yellow mai tree is still strange as if it was just discovered.

The yellow apricot tree in front of the house will be the reader's companion when setting foot on the land where "since the creation, the sun has been different from the sun, the rain has been different from the rain, the shape of the river and the shape of the mountain, the trees and birds, the way of eating and living of the people also have their own unique features. People call it the lifestyle of the Hue people, in short, "the Hue way". Also yellow apricot flowers, but the yellow apricot tree in front of the house of the Hue people has a different philosophy". No matter how the times change, the Hue people still maintain their character.

According to Associate Professor Dr. Bui Thanh Truyen, Chairman of the Council of Theory and Criticism - Ho Chi Minh City Writers Association, compared to the edition of 8 years ago, this edition of "In front of the house there is a yellow apricot tree " is much more beautiful and invested in. Especially, there is investment from a journalist who writes, a journalist who has the conditions to write about Hue more than other authors.

"Although many people like Hoang Phu Ngoc Tuong and Nguyen Xuan Hoang have written very well about Hue, writer and journalist Minh Tu still has the opportunity to look at and write about Hue with a different love. He loves Hue both near and far. Before, he loved Hue when he was in Da Lat, in the South, and later when he returned to Hue, he wrote with the feeling of a person in Hue, who had been far away from Hue. This is what makes Minh Tu's book different", Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Thanh Truyen shared.

Author and journalist Minh Tu (born in 1968) currently works at Tuoi Tre newspaper and lives in Hue city. He started his journalism career in 1992 and has been working for 32 years, working for three press agencies and doing all kinds of jobs in journalism: collaborator, reporter, editor, office manager, journalism lecturer in all provinces of the Central Highlands, but his most seniority is still in Hue.

QUYNH YEN

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/co-mot-hue-khac-la-trong-truoc-nha-co-cay-hoang-mai-post754419.html