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The title of "The Beautiful Country," an earnestly humane film by the Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland, refers both to Vietnam, where the story begins, and to the United States, where it concludes. Stuart Dryburgh's cinematography testifies to the truth of the description in both cases, beautifully capturing the humid, verdant landscape of the Vietnamese countryside and the dry, craggy plains of west Texas, as well as the bustle of Hanoi and Manhattan. The hero, Binh (Damien Nguyen), belongs to both countries, and therefore to neither. The son of a Vietnamese woman and an American G.I., he lives as a pariah in postwar Vietnam, performing menial labor and enduring the contempt of the relatives who grudgingly allow him to live with them. The year is 1990, midway between the fall of Saigon and the present day, and Binh, like a cast-off stepchild in a Grimm fairy tale, sets off to find his way in the world. In the city, he finds his mother, Mai (Chau Thi Kim Xuan), who works as a … [Read more...] about A Son of Two Nations, Stoically Searching for His Father

0 Arts & Entertainment Today's story is The House in the Wood, a German tale found in Andrew Lang's Pink Fairy Book. Press Release Desk , News Partner Posted Reply Press release from Nashville Public Library: August 18, 2021 This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book . Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library. I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library. Today’s story is The House in the Wood, a German tale found in Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book. A poor woodcutter lived with his wife and three daughters in a little hut on the borders of a great forest. One morning as he was going to his work, he said to his wife, 'Let our eldest daughter bring me my lunch into the wood; and so that she shall not lose her way, I will take a bag of millet with me, and sprinkle the seed on the path.' When the sun had risen high over the forest, the girl set out with a … [Read more...] about Nashville Public Library: The House In The Wood

0 Arts & Entertainment Today's story is Jack and the Beanstalk, an English tale found in Andrew Lang's Red Fairy Book. Press Release Desk , News Partner Posted Reply Press release from Nashville Public Library: August 4, 2021 This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Red Fairy Book . Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library. I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library. Today’s story is Jack and the Beanstalk, an English tale found in Andrew Lang’s Red Fairy Book. ONCE upon a time there was a poor widow who lived in a little cottage with her only son Jack. Jack was a giddy, thoughtless boy, but very kind-hearted and affectionate. There had been a hard winter, and after it the poor woman had suffered from fever and ague. Jack did no work as yet, and by degrees they grew dreadfully poor. The widow saw that there was no means of keeping Jack and herself from starvation but by … [Read more...] about Nashville Public Library: Jack And The Beanstalk

0 Arts & Entertainment Today's story is The Flying Trunk, a story the Nashville Public Library. I'm Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library. Press Release Desk , News Partner Posted Reply Press release from Nashville Public Library: June 30, 2021 This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book . Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library. I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library. Today’s story is The Flying Trunk, a story by Hans Christian Andersen found in Andrew Lang’s Pink Fairy Book. There was once a merchant who was so rich that he could have paved the whole street with gold, and would even then have had enough for a small alley. But he did not do so; he knew the value of money better than to use it in this way. So clever was he, that every shilling he put out brought him a crown; and so he continued till he died. His son inherited his wealth, … [Read more...] about Nashville Public Library: The Flying Trunk

A truce in Tigray Ethiopia’s government and rebel forces in the northern Tigray region will end their brutal civil war . A team of mediators said the two parties had agreed to “a permanent cessation of hostilities.” The war, which began in November 2020, has led to widespread destruction and extensive human rights violations, including massacres , ethnic cleansing and sexual violence . As many as 500,000 people have died as a result of the conflict, and hundreds of thousands are displaced. And famine looms. The announcement came after 10 days of peace talks , convened in South Africa by the African Union. At the start of the negotiations, the conflict had been intensifying , and Ethiopia and its Eritrean allies were advancing toward Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region. “This agreement to cede hostilities is an important step and brings a much-needed respite to those devastated by the two-year civil war,” Abdi Latif Dahir, our East Africa correspondent, told … [Read more...] about Your Thursday Briefing: A Truce in Tigray