False War by Carlos Manuel Alvarez #literature Viet Kieu is a vital

Viet Kieu is a vital

folklore from Wales

yet the enslaved and their families were not

’ Salman Rushdie

ISBN: 9781408367605

False War by Carlos Manuel Alvarez #literature Viet Kieu is a vitalThe characters in False War are castaways on dry land, stranded on no mans land. Some of them want to leave Cuba and cant, others left and never quite finished getting anywhere. They live in a sort of limbo, a perpetual impasse between reality and desire, past and future, country of origin and country of destination awaiting a confirmation or, purely and simply, some respite. Something to keep reminding them that life is possible. What is the